02872nam 2200589Ia 450 991077999850332120230124184011.00-253-00989-8(CKB)2550000001106151(EBL)1323386(OCoLC)854521706(SSID)ssj0000950956(PQKBManifestationID)11603851(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950956(PQKBWorkID)10883865(PQKB)10512736(MiAaPQ)EBC1323386(MdBmJHUP)muse30132(Au-PeEL)EBL1323386(CaPaEBR)ebr10738873(CaONFJC)MIL506510(EXLCZ)99255000000110615120130212d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWar and technology[electronic resource] /Jeremy BlackBloomington Indiana University Pressc20131 online resource (342 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00984-7 1-299-75259-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the key themes -- Early modern western warships: technologies of power projection and lethality -- Gunpowder technology, 1490-1800 -- Firepower, steamships, railways, telegraphs, radio: technologies of killing, logistics, command, and control, 1775-1945 -- The internal combustion engine: the technology of decentralized power, 1910-2013 -- A new sphere: air power, 1903-2013 -- Revolution, transformation, and the present -- Into the future -- Conclusions -- Postscript.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 aMilitary weaponsHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceTechnological innovationsHistoryMilitary weaponsHistory.Military art and scienceHistory.Military art and scienceTechnological innovationsHistory.355/.07Black Jeremy1955-144601MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779998503321War and technology3861351UNINA