Quote Originally Posted by Bill Moore View Post
The evolution of warfare is a fact, not a theory. I'm not sure there is any debate on that, and complex adaptive systems are systems that evolve in response to a changing environment, in other words co-evolution.
Just wanted to chime in and differentiate that no one argues against the idea warfare constantly evolves, but whether there are semi-linear "generations" of war (1/2/3/4 GW) is quite a subject of debate here and elsewhere. I, for one, hate the GW concept, for all the reasons outline in this thread.


I would also argue that whether the underlying nature of warfare is different today than in the past is open discussion.