The scientific way of warfare : order and chaos on the battlefields of modernity / Antoine Bousquet.
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TextSeries: Critical war studies: v. 1.Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2009Description: ix, 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780231700788 (cloth : alk. paper); 0231700784 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Military art and science -- Technological innovations -- History | Military art and science -- Methodology -- History | Science -- Military aspects -- History | Technology -- Military aspects -- History | Military art and science -- Philosophy | Military history, Modern | Military policy -- History | Military research -- HistoryDDC classification: 355.02.01/1 LOC classification: U39 | .B68 2009| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) | NFIC | General Stacks | 355.02011 BOU 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | CIPS0001616 |
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First published in the United Kingdom by Hurst Publishers, London, c2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.
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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