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 01700nam 2200433 n 450 001 996384041003316 005 20200824120554.0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000584644 035 $a(EEBO)2264177121 035 $a(UnM)99848942_14067e 035 $a(UnM)99848942_14067 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000584644 100 $a19920122d1630 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 00$aAll Ouids elegies$b[electronic resource] $e3. bookes. By C.M. Epigrams by I.D 210 $aAt Middlebourgh [i.e. London $cs.n.$dca. 1630] 215 $a[96] p 300 $aA translation, by Christopher Marlowe, of: Ovid. Amores. 300 $aIn verse. 300 $aThe imprint is false; actual place and estimated date of publication from STC. 300 $aSignatures: A-F. 300 $a"Epigrammes" by Sir John Davies, E8v-end. 300 $aThis edition has an ornament of three leaves and two hands on title page. 300 $aIdentified as STC 18933a on UMI microfilm reel 598 and as STC 18933 on reel 1283. 300 $aReproductions of the originals in the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 300 $aAppears at reel 598 (Folger Shakespeare Library copy) and at reel 1283 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy). 330 $aeebo-0216 700 $aOvid$f43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.$0154954 701 $aMarlowe$b Christopher$f1564-1593.$0132313 702 $aDavies$b John$cSir,$f1569-1626.$4aut 801 0$bCu-RivES 801 1$bCu-RivES 801 2$bCStRLIN 801 2$bWaOLN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996384041003316 996 $aAll Ouids elegies$92304376 997 $aUNISA