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Info@War.Mil: Nonlinear Science and the Emergence of InformationAge Warfare in the United States Military
bySean Trevor LawsonA Thesis Submitted to the GraduateFaculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutein Partial Fulfillment of theRequirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYMajor Subject: Science and Technology StudiesApproved by theExamining Committee:_________________________________________Michael Fortun, Thesis Adviser_________________________________________Kim Fortun, Member_________________________________________Atsushi Akera, Member_________________________________________Ron Eglash, Member_________________________________________John Terino, MemberRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York May 2008(For Graduation August 2008) 
 
 © Copyright 2008bySean Trevor LawsonAll Rights Reservedii
 
 
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................viACKNOWLEDGMENT.................................................................................................viiABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................ix1. The Enlistment of Nonlinear Science into U.S. Military Discourse: An Introduction11.1 Iraq, Spring 2003................................................................................................11.2 Overview............................................................................................................71.3 Situational Awareness......................................................................................221.3.1 Military History and the History of Military Technology...................231.3.2 STS and the History of Science...........................................................291.3.3 Military Professionals..........................................................................411.4 Order of Battle.................................................................................................432. Science in the Western Military Tradition: Enlightenment to WWII........................492.1 Introduction......................................................................................................492.2 The Enlightenment Ideal..................................................................................502.3 The Romantic Challenge..................................................................................582.4 The Evolution of a Positivist-Romanticist Hybrid...........................................642.5 Theories of Industrial, Mechanized Warfare...................................................752.5.1 War in the Air......................................................................................772.5.2 Mechanized Warfare on Land..............................................................872.5.3 A Science of War for the Industrial Age..............................................962.6 Conclusion.....................................................................................................1033. The Birth of “Big” Military Science: The Rise of and Battle over the SystemsSciences...................................................................................................................1083.1 Introduction....................................................................................................1083.2 Operations Research during World War II....................................................1103.3 The Establishment of Big Military Science...................................................113iii
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