Technology and War
From 2000 B.C. to the Present
1st Edition
Published on 11. May 2010
352 pages
978-1-4391-4397-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this impressive work, van Creveld considers man's use of technology over the past 4,000 years and its impact on military organization, weaponary, logistics, intelligence, communications, transportation, and command. This revised paperback edition has been updated to include an account of the range of technology in the recent Gulf War. 12 photographs.
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Martin van Creveld is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on military history and strategy.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- LIST OF ACRONYMS
- Introduction
- PART I: The Age of Tools from Earliest Timesto 1500 A D
- Field Warfare
- Siege Warfare
- The Infrastructure of War
- Naval Warfare
- Irrational Technology
- PART II: The Age of Machines 1500 1830
- Field Warfare
- Siege Warfare
- The Infrastructure of War
- Command of the Sea
- The Rise of Professionalism
- PART III: The Age of Systems 1830 1945
- Mobilization Warfare
- Land Warfare
- Command of the Air
- Sea Warfare
- The Invention of Invention
- PART IV: The Age of Automation 1945 to the Present
- Computerized War
- Nuclear War
- Integrated War
- Make Believe War
- Real War
- Conclusions The Logic of Technology and of War
- Index
