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035 _a(OCoLC)18106933
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_cDLC
_dDLC
_dBD-DhEWU
_beng
041 _aeng
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_b.V27 1989
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_219
_bVAT
100 1 _aVan Creveld, Martin,
_d1946-
_95903
245 1 0 _aTechnology and war :
_bfrom 2000 B.C. to the present /
_cMartin van Creveld.
260 _aNew York :
_bFree Press ;
_aLondon :
_bCollier Macmillan,
_cc1989.
300 _ax, 342 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aOnline version: Van Creveld, Martin, 1946- Technology and war. New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, c1989 (OCoLC)622907427
504 _a"Bibliographical essay": p. 321-335. Includes index.
505 _tTOC
_a 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.
520 _aSummary: This text provides an analysis of the impact of technology on warfare throughout the centuries.
526 _aCSE
590 _aTahur Ahmed
650 0 _aMilitary art and science
_xHistory.
_95904
650 0 _aMilitary history.
_95905
650 0 _aTechnology
_xHistory.
_95906
856 _3WorldCat details
_uhttp://www.worldcat.org/title/technology-and-war-from-2000-bc-to-the-present/oclc/18106933&referer=brief_results
856 _3E-book Fulltext
_uhttp://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/1644
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