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In this book, the author argues that technology neither acts as an independent variable nor operates without major limitations. This includes its capacity to obtain end results, as technology's impact is far from simple and its pathways are by no means clear. After considering such key conceptu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Black, Jeremy M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Military art and science > Technological innovations > History.
Military art and science > History.
Military weapons > History.
Art et science militaires > Innovations > Histoire.
Art et science militaires > Histoire.
Armes de guerre > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Weapons.
Military art and science
Military art and science > Technological innovations
Military weapons
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the key themes
  • Early modern western warships : technologies of power projection and lethality
  • Gunpowder technology, 1490-1800
  • Firepower, steamships, railways, telegraphs, radio : technologies of killing, logistics, command, and control, 1775-1945
  • The internal combustion engine : the technology of decentralized power, 1910-2013
  • A new sphere : air power, 1903-2013
  • Revolution, transformation, and the present
  • Into the future
  • Conclusions
  • Postscript.

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