Clausewitzian Friction and Future War Revised Edition

Abstract

Contents include the following topics: 1) The Once and Future Problem of General Friction; 2) Development of the Unified Concept; 3) Clarity about War as it Actually is; 4) The Matrue Clausewitzian Concept; 5) Friction and Desert Storm; 6) The Intractability of Strategic Surprise; 7) Dispersed Information; 8) Evolutionary Biology as an Exemplar; 9) Situation Awareness in Air-to-Air Combat; 10) Nonlinearity and a Modern Taxonomy; 11) Implications for Future War.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA427577

Entities

People

  • Barry D. Watts

Organizations

  • National Defense University

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Civil War
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Information Systems
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Recreation
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies