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WAR, CHAOS AND HISTORY
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| By: |
Roger Beaumont |
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Hardback |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0275949494 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780275949495 |
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| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
21 November, 1994 |
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Praeger Security International |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Description: |
This text considers the implications of emerging research in chaos-complexity-non-linearity for the study of war. It examines the dependence of military professionals on history in the shaping of doctrines, style and attitudes despite the gap between the portrayal of war in history and the reality. |
| Synopsis: |
War, Chaos, and History considers the implications of the emerging field of research in chaos-complexity-non-linearity for the study of war. This study examines the special dependence of military professionals on history in their shaping of doctrines, style, and attitudes in spite of the wide gap between the portrayal of war in military history and the far greater intricacy of its reality. Special foci in the analysis include: the fragility of doctrine; the chronic confounding of plans and expectations in actual operations; the congruences of chaos and creativity theoretics; effects of war on the environment; and problems of evidence and reportage. Three cases--battle cruisers, tank destroyers, and heavy fighter aircraft--are presented to illustrate paradoxes, especially the gap between vision and realization, and the tension between the urge to control and the impulse to create chaos in war. |
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US |
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Praeger Publishers Inc |
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