Non-Linear Science and Warfare
Subtitle: Chaos, Complexity and the U. S. Military in the Information Age
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780415836852
Subjects: Military art and science, history; Chaotic behavior in systems; Complexity (philosophy)
Description: "This book examines the United States military's use of concepts from non-linear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorize information-age warfare. Over the past three decades, the U.S. defense community has shown an increasing interest in learning lessons from the non-linear sciences. Theories, strategies, and doctrines of warfare that have guided the conduct of U.S. forces in recent conflicts have been substantially influenced by ideas borrowed from non-linear science, including maneuvre warfare, network-centric warfare, and counterinsurgency."--Half-title.