A look at not only how science affects war and combat itself, but also how it affects our thinking about the nature of war.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index.

Technoscientific regimes of order in warfare -- Mechanistic warfare and the clockwork universe -- Thermodynamic warfare and the science of energy -- Cybernetics and the genesis of the computer -- Cybernetic warfare: Computers at war -- A new informational regime: From chaos theory to complexity science -- Towards chaoplexic warfare? Network-centric warfare and the non-linear science -- Conclusions.