Monographie
War and technology / Jeremy Black
Type de contenu
- Texte
Type de médiation
- sans médiation
Titre(s)
- War and technology / Jeremy Black
Auteur(s)
Editeur, producteur
- Bloomington (Ind.) : Indianapolis (Ind.) : Indiana university press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (XIX-318 p.) ; 24 cm
ISBN
- 978-0-253-00984-5
- 0-253-00984-7
EAN
- 9780253009845 rel.
Classification décimale Dewey
- 355.07
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
- Bibliogr. p. 301-302. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
- 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
Résumé ou extrait
- La jaquette indique : "In this book, Jeremy Black 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 conceptual points, Black discusses important technological advances in weaponry and power projection from sailing warships to aircraft carriers, muskets to tanks, balloons to unmanned drones, in each case, taking into account what difference these advances made. He addresses not only firepower but also power projection and technologies of logistics, command, and control. Examining military technologies in their historical context and the present centered on the Revolution in Military Affairs and Military Transformation, Black then forecasts possible future trends."
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