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ANNEX B: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PATTERNS OF CONFLICTAdcock, F.E., “The Greek and Macedonian Art of War”, 1957Alger, John I., “The Quest for Victory”, 1982Asprey, Robert B., “Guerrilla Warfare” (Encyclopedia Britannica -EB), 1972Asprey, Robert B., “Tactics”(EB), 1972Asprey, Robert B., “War in the Shadows” (two volumes), 1975Atkinson, Alexander, “Social Order and the General Theory of Strategy”, 1981Axelrod, Robert, “The Evolution of Cooperation”, 1984Balck, William, “The Development of Tactics”, 1922Baldwin, Hanson W., “Tiger Jack”, 1979Barnett, Correlli, “Bonaparte”, 1978Barron, John, “KGB: The Secret Work of Sovjet Secret Agents”, 1974Bateson, Gregory, “Mind and Nature”, 1979Bayerlein, Fritz, “With the Panzers in Russia 1941 & 43” (Marine Corps Gazette), December 1954Beaufre, Andre, “An Introduction to Strategy”, 1965Beaufre, Andre, “Strategy of Action”, 1967Becker, Ernest, “The Structure of Evil”, 1968Beesley, Patrick, “Room 40”, 1982Beesley, Patrick, “Very Special Intelligence”, 1977Betts, Richard K., “Surprise Attack”, 1982Bioom, Allan, “The Closing of the American Mind”, 1987Blumentritt, Glunther “Experience Gained from the History of War on the Subject of CommandTechnique”, 27 January 1947Blumentritt, Gunther “Operations in Darkness and Smoke”, 1952Bretnor, Reginald, “Decisive Warfare”, 1969Briggs, John, and Peat; F. David, “Looking Glass Universe”, 1984Bronowski, J., “A Sense of the Future”, 1977Bronowski, J., “The Identity of Man”, 1971Brown, Anthony Cave, “Bodyguard of Lies”, 1975Brownlow, Donald Grey, “Panzer Baron”, 1975Brzezinski, Zbigniew, “Game Plan”, 1986Callendar, H.L, and Andrews, D.H., “Heat, Entropy and Information” (EB), 1972Calvocoressi, Peter, “Top Secret Ultra”, 1980Campbell, Jeremy, “Grammatical Man”, 1982Capra, Fritjof, “The Tao of Physics”, 1976Carver, Michael, “The Apostles of Mobility”, 1979Chaliand, Gerard (editor), “Guerrilla Strategies”, 1982Chambers, James, “The Devil’s Horsemen”, 1979Chandler, David G., “The Campaigns of Napoleon”, 1966Cincinnatus, “Self-Destruction”, 1981Clausewitz, Carl von, “On War” (translated by M. Howard and P. Paret, 1976), 1832Clausewitz, Carl von, “Principles of War” (translated by Hans W. Gatske, 1942), 1812Clausewitz, Carl von, “War, Politics and Power” (translated by Edward M. Collins" 1962)Cline, Ray S., “Secrets, Spies and Scholars”, 1976Clutterbuck, Richard, “Guerrillas and Terrorists”, 1977318
Cole, K.C. , “Sympathetic Vibrations”, 1984Colin, Jean, “The Transformations of War”, 1912Conway, James, “Mr. Secret Weapon” (Washington Post Magazine), 15 May 1982Cooper, Matthew, “The German Army 1933-1945”, 1978Corbett, Julian S., “Some Principles of Maritime Strategy”, 1911Cruickshank, Charles, “Deception in World War II”, 1979Daniel, Donald, and Herbig, Katherine L., “Strategic Military Deception”, 1982Davies, W.J.K., “German Army Handbook 1932-1945”, 1973Gardner, Martin, “The Computer as Scientist” (Discover), June 1983Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas, “The Entropy law and the Economic Process”, 1970Gleick, James, “Exploring the Labyrinth of the Mind” (New York Times Magazine), 21 August 1983Golenan, Daniel, “Vital lies, Simple Truths”, 1985Goodenough, Simon and Deighton, Len, “Tactical Genius in Battle”, 1979Gribbin, John, “In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat”, 1984Griffith, Paddy, “Forward into Battle”, 1981Grigg, John, “1943 The Victory That Never Was”, 1980Guderian, Heinz, “Panzer leader”, 1952Guevara, Che, “Guerrilla Warfare”, 1961Hall, Edward T., “Beyond Culture”, 1976Handel, Michael I., “Clausewitz in the Age of Technology” (The Journal of Strategic Studies),June/Sept 1981Handel, Michael I., “The Yom Kippur War and the Inevitability of Surpris” (International StudiesQuarterly), September 1977Heibroner, Robert L., “Marxism: For and Against”, 1980Herrington, Stuart A., “Silence Was a Weapon”, 1982Hoffer, Eric, “The True Believer”, 1951Holmes, W.J., “Double-Edged Secrets”, 1979Howard, Michael, “The Causes of Wars”, 1983Hoyt, Edwin P., “Guerilla”, 1981Humble, Richard, “Hitler’s Generals”, 1974Irving, David, “The Trail of the Fox”, 1977Isby, David C., “Modern Infantry Tactics, 1914-74” (Strategy and Tactics), Sept/Oct 1974Jomini, “Summary of the Art of War” (edited by J.D. Hittie, 1947), 1838Jomini, “The Art of War” (translated by G.H. Mendell and W.P. Craigbill, 1862), 1836Jones, R.V., “Intelligence and Deception” (lecture), 29 November 1979Jones, Roger, “Physics As Metaphor”, 1982Kahn, David, “Hitler’s Spies”, 1978Kahn, David, “The Codebreakers”, 1967Karnow, Stanley, “In Vietnam, the Enemy Was Right Beside Us” (Washington Star), 22 March 1981Karnow, Stanley, “Vietnam: A History”, 1983Keegan, John, “The Face of Battle”, 1977Kennedy, Marilyn Moats, “Powerbase: How to Build It; How to Keep It”, 1984Kesselring, Albert, et al, “Manual for Command and Combat Employment of Smaller Units” (Basedon German, World War II), 1952Kitson, Frank, “Low Intensity Operations”, 1971Kohn, Hans and Hazard, John N., “Communism”, 1972Krepinevich, Andrew F. Jr., “The Army and Vietnam”, 1986Lamb, Harold, “Genghis Khan”, 1927Landauer, Carl, “Marxism” , 1972Lanza, Conrad H., “Napoleon and Modern War, His Military Maxims”, 1943Laqueur, Walter, “Guerrilla”, 1976Laqueur, Walter (editor), “The Guerrilla Reader”, 1977Lawrence, T.E., “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”, 1935Layzer, David, “The Arrow of Time” (Scientific American), December 1975319
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Science, Strategy and WarThe Strate
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We are survival machines.Richard Da
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CONTENTS1. INTRODUCTION............
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Introduction.......................
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1. INTRODUCTIONTo flourish and grow
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testing of the decision selected by
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momentum and tempo, which in combin
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tracing the history of war Boyd saw
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in general. Referring to Karl Poppe
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constitute an argument about strate
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2. ON STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC THEORY
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its internal make up and the dynami
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strategist’s task is not to creat
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must be holistic, paying due respec
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Such a division can also be discern
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sensibility that would be capable o
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Why strategic theorizing is difficu
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truth is independent of human belie
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policy, is policy’ 107 . Subseque
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of systems of thought which will gu
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Science and Strategic TheoryDominan
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the major intellectual currents tha
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friction, which is infused with the
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3. THE SEEDS OF A THEORY AND THE FE
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Slowly his writings matured. In 196
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This situation also reflected the d
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at the cost of airspeed depletion)
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and air power theorists are notably
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Lawrence wrote Liddell Hart that fo
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The Indirect ApproachThe foregoing
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in weakening the opponent’s will
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standing in a direct theoretical li
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perfect information, so Chapter 9 r
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According with the enemy is the ass
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preconceived battle plan depends up
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mental or moral, instead they aim t
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calculation, based on the assumptio
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Turbulent environmentThis convictio
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the introduction of the M1 Abrams t
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campaign with which it was most com
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The debates resulted via the improv
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emphasized being more responsive, a
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4. SCIENCE: BOYD’S FOUNTAINKnowle
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The list exceeds 20 pages. Indeed,
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counter-culture. He had read severa
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Popper’s Evolutionary Epistemolog
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species. Finally, theories, unlike
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discovery’ 39 . ‘We have here t
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for failure and an encouragement fo
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investigated and a change of the ru
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Paradigm shiftBeyond NewtonIn the p
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philosophical aspects, Prigogine an
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uncertainty in another “conjugate
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The link between thermodynamics and
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As Ludwig Bertalanffy noted, the gr
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assessing deviation from coursecoun
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the system by the environment or ot
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A slightly more complex model from
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implementation of the right program
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The model below shows this process
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The process of learning, and the pr
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Positive indicatorsNegative indicat
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In Patterns of Conflict he also emp
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progressed and developed a new lang
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advances in knowledge, adaptation,
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TraditionalReductionismLinear causa
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exist only because they are open. T
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Concentration of chemical ANew stab
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It preserves the web-like pattern o
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Orientation shapes the character of
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either. The edge of chaos is where
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The final region is the boundary be
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Levels of adaptationThis naturally
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Operate inside adversary’s OODA l
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Organisms which are internally cons
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The last mentioned feature implies
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mathematics, in short chaos and com
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Such efforts have lead to suggestio
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processes are maintained simultaneo
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Boyd’s views on command and contr
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Several of these ideas surface in B
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problems they seek to comprehend or
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ehavior in reaction to what the oth
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sciences, which he termed a new int
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egulations, orders, and other means
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as focus for military planning on t
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A Discourse and the scientific Zeit
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Sharpening our mental capabilities
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perceive it’ 184 . By trying to c
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Ensure a large variety of conceptua
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The main intent of the effort is to
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e true. Thus tested and refined, it
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particulars or we can start with th
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inconsistencies may emerge to stifl
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although not exact1y -- since the u
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eality 29 . As indicated earlier, t
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He then incorporates a section of t
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Attack enemy’s plans as best poli
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planning process which included var
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Boyd does not find fault with these
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oth methods the same processes seem
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strategic planning in light of the
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gauged all the conditions indicated
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Blitzkrieg disrupts the connections
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- a medium to realize superior inte
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Only the fourth condition relates t
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Shape and exploit crises environmen
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penetrate an adversary to subvert,
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Maneuver Conflict - as practices by
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In light of his previous observatio
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difficult) subordinates that accept
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This then leads to the second wrap-
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mask one’s own system against any
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dimension on the behavior of a stra
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Theme for Disintegration and Collap
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Strategic AimDiminish adversary’s
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ApplicationRevisiting Sun Tzu, rein
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The general underlying idea of Coun
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to victory by connecting them to th
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destruction and creation to his inv
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Boyd’s inspiration also came in p
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The Big O: Orientation.The ensuing
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implicit cross-referencing process
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Magnify adversary’s friction and
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This differs from traditional views
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patterns that produced success in m
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General SurveyIn this section his i
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city, however, the situation is qui
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“Destruction and Creation”, by
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So Boyd discerns within the adversa
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On isolation and interactionPhysica
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The Art of Success:Shape or influen
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The meaning of strategy and the art
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however is not much different, but
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Examples from EngineeringSome Outst
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words, in order to gain a richer im
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what applies to science and enginee
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Page 290 and 291: 8. CONCLUSIONThe history of science
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Page 318 and 319: Athena’s Camp. They see swarming
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Page 334 and 335: Bartolomasi, Paolo: ‘The Realitie
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Page 338 and 339: Fukuyama, Francis: The Great Disrup
Page 340 and 341: Hughes, Daniel: ‘Abuses of German
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Page 344 and 345: Murdock, Paul, ‘Principles of War
Page 346 and 347: Rosenau, James, N.: ‘Many Damn Th
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