On Adaptation in Military Operations
DOI : 10.32565/aarms.2014.3.1
Date : 2014
Journal title : AARMS
Journal volume : 13
Journal issue number : 3
Pages : 389-396
Document type : Folyóiratcikk
Abstract :
A biological perspective has much to offer for a better understanding of military
operations. Biological evolution and military operations feature perpetual novelty
and conditions far from equilibrium featuring dynamics that demand continuous
adaptation. The author suggests that comprehending military operations in an evolutionary framework requires a shift from mechanics and engineering to biology
and adaptation. Thus the emphasis moves from statics to dynamics, from time–free
to time–prone reality, from determinism to probability and chance, and from uniformity to variation and diversity, with all the consequences.