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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
History of warfare,
1385-7827 ;
Volume 125
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History of warfare.
1385-7827 ; Volume 125.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Technology and strategy : what are the limits? / John F. Guilmartin, Jr. -- Gunpowder artillery in Europe, 1326-1500 : innovation and impact / Clifford Rogers -- To the seas : the genesis of ship rigging in the medieval and early modern worlds / Sarah K. Douglas -- The lost world : change and continuity in Mughal military technology / Andrew de la Garza -- If you can be seen, you can be killed : the technological increase in killing zone during the American Civil War / Edward McCaul -- Without experience or precedent: transformational technology and the light draft monitors / William Roberts -- The Uganda Railway and the fabrication of Kenya / Robert H. Clemm -- German technology and the origins of World War I in East Asia / Robyn Rodriguez -- Freeman's folly : the debate over the development of the "unarmed bomber" and the genesis of the De Havilland Mosquito, 1935-1940 / Sebastian Cox -- The impact of institutional context : Anglo-American naval fire control / Corbin Williamson -- In strategy, technology, and timing: aircraft, the Mediterranean Air War, and the turning of the tide in the European theater / Robert S. Ehlers, Jr. |
| Summary |
This volume explores the importance of technology in war, and to the study of warfare. Dr. Guilmartin's former students explore how technology from the medieval to the modern era, and across several continents, was integral to warfare and to the outcomes of wars. Authors discuss the interactions between politics, grand strategy, war, technology, and the socio-cultural implementation of new technologies in different contexts. They explore how and why belligerents chose to employ new technologies, the intended and unintended consequences of doing so, the feedback loops driving these consequences, and how the warring powers came to grips with the new technologies they unleashed. This work is particularly useful for military historians, military professionals, and policymakers who study and face analogous situations. Contributors are Alan Beyerchen, Robert H. Clemm, Edward Coss, Sebastian Cox, Daniel P.M. Curzon, Sarah K. Douglas, Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Andrew de la Garza, John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Matthew Hurley, Peter Mansoor, Edward B. McCaul, Jr., Michael Pavelec, William Roberts, Robyn Rodriguez, Clifford J. Rogers, William Waddell, and Corbin Williamson. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military research.
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Military research. |
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Military art and science -- Technological innovations.
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Military art and science -- Technological innovations. |
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Military art and science. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Guilmartin, John F., Jr. (John Francis), 1940-2016, honouree.
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Ehlers, Robert S., editor.
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Douglas, Sarah K., editor.
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Curzon, Daniel P. M., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Technology, violence, and war. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004383418 (DLC) 2018055829 |
| ISBN |
9004393307 |
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9789004393301 (electronic book) |
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9789004383418 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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