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War in the Age of Technology : Myriad Faces of Modern Armed Conflict.
Technology of one kind or another has always been a central ingredient in war. The Spartan king Archidamus, for instance, reacted with alarm when first witnessing a weapon that could shoot darts through the air. And yet during the past two centuries technology has played an unprecedented role in mil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | World of war series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Meaning of War in a Technological Age; part i: Technology and the Military: On and Offthe Battlefield; 1. Infantry Armament and the Perception of TacticalNeed, 1789-1918; 2. Technology, Industry, and War, 1945-1991; 3. The Impact of Communications and the Media onthe Art of War since 1815; part ii: The Myriad Faces of Total War; 4. The Morale of the British Army on the Western Front,1914-18: A Case Study in the Importance of the"Human Factor" in Twentieth-Century Total War; 5. Not All Beer and Skittles? Everyday Life and Leisureon the Western Front.
- 6. The Indian Corps on the Western Front:A Reconsideration7. The Somme in British History; 8. The Elusive Victory: The BEF and the OperationalLevel of War, September 1918; 9. Scientists at War: The Development of Radar andJet Propulsion in Britain; 10. War and Black Memory: World War II and the Originsof the Civil Rights Movement; part iii: The Nuclear Age: Myriad Faces of Limited War; 11. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Legacy of War; 12. Iraq: A Third-World Superpower?; 13. Russia and Warfare in the Postindustrial Age; contributors; index.