Complexity, Global Politics, and National Security

✍ Scribed by Alberts, Czerwinski

Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 187
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

SETTING THE SCENE The Simple and the Complex (Murray Gell-Mann) America in the World Today (Zbigniew Brzezinski) COMPLEXITY THEORY and NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY Complex Systems: The Role of Interactions (Robert Jervis) Many Damn Things Simultaneously: Complexity Theory and World Affairs (James N. Rosenau) Complexity, Chaos, and National SecurityPolicy: Metaphors or Tools? (Alvin M. Saperstein) The Reaction to Chaos (Steven R. Mann) COMPLEXITY THEORY, STRATEGY, and OPERATIONS Clausewitz, Nonlinearity, and the Importance of Imagery (Alan D. Beyerchen) Complexity and Organization Management. (Robert R. Maxfield) Command and (Out of) Control: The Military Implications of Complexity Theory (John F. Schmitt) Complexity Theory and Air Power (Steven M. Rinaldi) Chaos Theory and U. S. Military Strategy: A "Leapfrog" Strategy for U.S. Defense Policy (Michael J. Mazarr)

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