Chaos, Clausewitz, and combat: a critical analysis of operational planning in the Vietnam War, 1966-1971

What can theory tell us about war and the role of planning therein? This thesis attempts to answer that question by using Carl von Clausewitz's theories on war and the mathematical theory of chaos to analyze war in general and the Vietnam War in particular. It offers a critical analysis of oper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Womack, Scott Ellis
Other Authors: Moran, Daniel
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31397