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War and Technology /

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
Autor principal: Black, Jeremy M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.