Military Organizations, Complex Machines

by Chris C. Demchak

Chris Demchak explores the reasons why military machines surprise their users and how they can change both the complexity and effectiveness of tactical organizations. She uses the Army's experiences with its M1 Abrams tank, as well as other examples, to explain the interaction of complex technology and militaries that seek to control uncertainty. Under some conditions, Demchak demonstrates, complexity in critical machines induces increased complexity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801424682
• ISBN13: 9780801424687
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher