LEADER 02906nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910452781903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-253-00989-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001106151 035 $a(EBL)1323386 035 $a(OCoLC)854521706 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000950956 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11603851 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950956 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10883865 035 $a(PQKB)10512736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1323386 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30132 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1323386 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10738873 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL506510 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001106151 100 $a20130212d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar and technology$b[electronic resource] /$fJeremy Black 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-00984-7 311 $a1-299-75259-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aIn 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 a 606 $aMilitary weapons$xHistory 606 $aMilitary art and science$xHistory 606 $aMilitary art and science$xTechnological innovations$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMilitary weapons$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xTechnological innovations$xHistory. 676 $a355/.07 700 $aBlack$b Jeremy$f1955-$0144601 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452781903321 996 $aWar and technology$92070856 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00822nam 2200253la 450 001 9910481629803321 005 20210618142932.0 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2090336597 035 $a(CKB)5500000000106217 035 $a(EXLCZ)995500000000106217 100 $a20210618d1474 uy | 101 0 $alat 135 $aurcn||||a|bb| 200 10$aDe ingenuis moribus ac liberalibus studiis$b[electronic resource] 210 $aMilan $cFilippo da Lavagna, 1434-1505$d1474 215 $aOnline resource (v.) 300 $aReproduction of original in Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze. 700 $aVergerio$b Pietro Paolo$f1370-1444.$0196200 801 0$bUk-CbPIL 801 1$bUk-CbPIL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910481629803321 996 $aDe ingenuis moribus ac liberalibus studiis$91918380 997 $aUNINA