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200 00$aMen, machines & war /$feditors, Ronald Haycock, Keith Neilson
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfrid Laurier University Press$d1988
215   $a1 online resource (240 p.)
300   $aProceedings of the 11th Military History Symposium, held at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont., Mar. 22-23, 1984.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contributors; Men, Machines, and War; Technology and Tactics in the British Army, 1866-1900; Observations on the Dialectics of British Tactics, 1904-45; The Royal Navy and Technological Change, 1815-1945; The Influence of Technology on Airpower, 1919-45; Prussia, Technology and War: Artillery from 1815 to 1914; Technology, Society, and International Security Since 1945; Creating Volcanoes Everywhere: Australia's Owen Gun Story; Index
330   $a  Using examples from the last two centuries, this collection of essays discusses the close links between technology and war. In the opening essay, distinguished historian William H. McNeill demonstrates the extent to which military technology has often led to differentiations among people, both within and between societies. The other studies examine various aspects of weapons technology, drawing on the history of the armed forces of Britain, Prussia, and Australia, among others. Some of these illustrate how the adoption of new weaponry frequently depended as much on national pride and party
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