Illuminating the Shadows of War

<p>Not all complex adaptive systems are equal. While some systems succeed in very challenging situations others fail. Rather than treating all complex adaptive systems as the same as the DoD does this thesis sets out to determine whether there are specific characteristics of a system that make one more resilient and survivable than another. To accomplish this task this study assesses the purpose leadership and organization of two major complex adaptive systems. The first case study conducts an analysis of Hezbollah arguably a very successful system during its war with Israeli in 2006. This study reveals that Hezbollah's success was due in part to their clearly communicated and consistent purpose delegated leadership philosophy and flattened organizational structure. The second case study provides an analysis of Germany's military-industrial complex failure during WWII. The analysis of Germany reveals that not only are the individual characteristics of the system important to its resiliency and survivability but so are the interactions between those individual characteristics. Germany's leadership failed to adjust accordingly the system's strategic guidance when it expanded Germany's strategic goals during WWII.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>