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The scientific way of warfare :

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0231700784

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0231700792

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9780231700788

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9780231700795

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b801663

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The scientific way of warfare :

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[Book]

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order and chaos on the battlefields of modernity /

First Statement of Responsibility

Antoine Bousquet.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Columbia University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

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ix, 265 pages :

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illustrations ;

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23 cm.

Series Title

Critical war studies ;

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[v. 1]

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Originally published in the United Kingdom by Hurst Publishers, London, ©2009.

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Series numbering from jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.

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Technoscientific regimes of order in warfare -- Mechanistic warfare and the clockwork universe -- Thermodynamic warfare and the science of energy -- Cybernetics and the genesis of the computer -- Cybernetic warfare: Computers at war -- A new informational regime: From chaos theory to complexity science -- Towards chaoplexic warfare? Network-centric warfare and the non-linear science -- Conclusions.

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"Beginning with the Scientific Revolution and concluding With today's terrorist networks and revolution in military affairs, Antoine Bousquet advances a novel history of scientific methodology in the context of the battlefield. For centuries, scientific conceptual frameworks have been applied to theories of war, particularly with the invention of such influential technologies as the clock, the engine, and the computer. Conversely, many scientific developments have been stimulated or conditioned by the experience of war, especially in the wake of the unprecedented technological and industrial effort of World War II." "Marked by an increasingly tight symbiosis between technology, science, and conflict, the constitution and perpetuation of this scientific way of warfare are best understood as an attempt by the state to turn violent aggression into a rational instrument of policy. In his study, Bousquet explores the relative benefits of centralizing (such as a unique chain of command to safeguard the use of nuclear weapons) and decentralizing (such as the flexible networks that connect insurgents) military affairs. He begins with a theoretical and methodological framework for analyzing the technoscientific regimes of order in warfare. He then follows with specific scientific approaches to war: mechanistic, thermodynamic, cybernetic, and 'chaoplexic, ' a network-centric theory allied with the non-linear sciences."--Jacket.

Military art and science-- Methodology-- History.

Military art and science-- Philosophy.

Military art and science-- Technological innovations-- History.

Military history, Modern.

Military policy-- History.

Military research-- History.

Science-- Military aspects-- History.

Technology-- Military aspects-- History.

Krieg

Krieg.

Kriegführung

Militär.

Militärpolitik.

Militärwissenschaft.

Military art and science-- Methodology.

Military art and science-- Philosophy.

Military art and science-- Technological innovations.

Military history, Modern.

Military policy.

Military research.

Technik

Technischer Fortschritt.

Technology-- Military aspects.

Wissenschaft

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Edition

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Bousquet, Antoine J.

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20201207141603.0

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[Book]

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