TY - BOOK AU - Van Creveld,Martin TI - Technology and war: from 2000 B.C. to the present SN - 002933151X AV - U27 .V27 1989 U1 - 355.009 19 PY - 1989/// CY - New York, London PB - Free Press, Collier Macmillan KW - Military art and science KW - History KW - Military history KW - Technology N1 - Online version: Van Creveld, Martin, 1946- Technology and war. New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1989 (OCoLC)622907427; "Bibliographical essay": p. 321-335. Includes index; TOC; Pt. 1. The age of tools, from earliest times to 1500 A.D. -- Field warfare -- Siege warfare -- The infrastructure of war -- Naval warfare -- Irrational technology -- Pt. 2. The age of machines, 1500-1830. Field warfare -- Siege warfare -- The infrastructure of war -- Command of the sea -- The rise of professionalism -- Pt. 3. The age of systems, 1830-1945. Mobilization warfare -- Land warfare -- Command of the air -- Sea warfare -- The invention of invention -- Pt. 4. 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; CSE N2 - Summary: This text provides an analysis of the impact of technology on warfare throughout the centuries UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/technology-and-war-from-2000-bc-to-the-present/oclc/18106933&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/1644 ER -