•In examining these many points of
view one is bombarded with the notion that:
–It is advantageous to possess
a variety of responses that can be applied rapidly to gain
sustenance, avoid danger, and diminish adversary’s capacity
for independent action.
–The simpler organisms—those that make-up man as well as
man working with other men in a higher level context—must cooperate
or, better yet, harmonize their
activities in their endeavors to survive as an organic synthesis.
–To shape and adapt to change
one cannot be passive; instead one must take the initiative.
•Put more simply and directly: the above comments leave
one with the impression that variety/rapidity/harmony/initiative (and
their interaction) seem to be key qualities that
permit one to shape and adapt to an ever-changing
environment.
•With this impression in mind together with our notion of
getting inside an adversary’s O-O-D-A loop we will
proceed in our historical investigation.