Strategy, Evolution, and War: From Apes to Artificial Intelligence

[...]the book's focus is on war versus other strategy-related endeavors. Part 2 provides three chapters on the history of human culture and war affecting the psychology of behavior and strategy based upon ancient Greece and the Peloponnesian War, Carl von Clausewitz on warfare and strategy asso...

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Published inParameters Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 78 - 80
Main Author Meinhart, Richard M
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Carlisle Barracks U.S. Army War College 22.09.2018
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Cognitive ability
Cold War
Consciousness
Cuban Missile Crisis
Culture
Decision making
Evolution
Greek civilization
National security
Nonfiction
Nuclear weapons
Psychology
War
Greece
Europe
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Summary:[...]the book's focus is on war versus other strategy-related endeavors. Part 2 provides three chapters on the history of human culture and war affecting the psychology of behavior and strategy based upon ancient Greece and the Peloponnesian War, Carl von Clausewitz on warfare and strategy associated with the Napoleonic Wars, and the influence of nuclear weapons strategy. The last chapter of part 2 provides examples of how nuclear weapons were profoundly disruptive and influenced thinking on the use of force through examining the Cold War in general and the Cuban missile crisis specifically.
ISSN:0031-1723
2158-2106