Technology and war : from 2000 B.C. to the present / Martin van Creveld.

By: Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : London : Free Press ; Collier Macmillan, c1989. Description: x, 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 002933151X; 9780029331514Subject(s): Military art and science -- History | Military history | Technology -- HistoryDDC classification: 355.009 LOC classification: U27 | .V27 1989Online resources: WorldCat details | E-book Fulltext

Contents:

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.

Summary: Summary: This text provides an analysis of the impact of technology on warfare throughout the centuries.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU E-book	Non-fiction	355.009 VAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not For Loan
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	355.009 VAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		3694

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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.

Summary:
This text provides an analysis of the impact of technology on warfare throughout the centuries.

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