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Jeremy Black - War and Technology - 9780253009845 - V9780253009845
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War and Technology

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Description for War and Technology Hardback. Addresses not only firepower but also power projection and technologies of logistics, command, and control Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 688.

In this engaging 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253009845
SKU
V9780253009845
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jeremy Black
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is author of more than 100 books including Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871 (IUP, 2011) and War and the Cultural Turn. Black received the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History in 2008.

Reviews for War and Technology
Students will find this book a most useful introduction to a very complex subject, and particularly valuable for its notes and references to other works. Provocative and vigorously argued, Black's book will stimulate professional discussion and debate, particularly on the subject of military revolutions, always welcome in the defense community and to those who seek to understand the complex interplay ... Read more

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