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War and the Engineers : The Primacy of Politics over Technology /

Do some technologies provoke war? Do others promote peace? Offense-defense theory contends that technological change is an important cause of conflict: leaders will be tempted to launch wars when they believe innovation favors attackers over defenders. Offense-defense theory is perhaps best known fr...

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Autor principal: Lieber, Keir A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Offense, Defense, and the Prospects for Peace
  • 1. The Offense-Defense Balance
  • 2. The Railroad Revolution
  • 3. The Small Arms and Artillery Revolution
  • 4. The Armored Revolution
  • 5. The Nuclear Revolution
  • Conclusion: Technology and the Primacy of Politics
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index