Technology, violence, and war : essays in honor of Dr. John F. Guilmartin, Jr. / Edited by Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Sarah K. Douglas, Daniel P.M. Curzon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guilmartin, John F., Jr. (John Francis), 1940-2016, honouree.

Ehlers, Robert S., editor.

Douglas, Sarah K., editor.

Curzon, Daniel P. M., editor.

Series:

History of Warfare 125.

History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; Volume 125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military research.

Military art and science--Technological innovations.

Military art and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Illustrations, Tables, and Maps

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Technology and Strategy: What Are the Limits? / John F. Guilmartin Jr.

The Pre-Industrial World, 1300-1800

Gunpowder Artillery in Europe, 1326-1500: Innovation and Impact / Clifford J. 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

19th Century Warfare

If You Can Be Seen, You Can Be Killed:The Technological Increase in Killing Zone during the American Civil War / Edward B. McCaul Jr.

Without Experience or Precedent: Transformational Technology and the Light Draft Monitors / William Roberts

The Uganda Railway and the Fabrication of Kenya / Robert H. Clemm

The World Wars

German Technology and the Origins of World Wariiin 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

Strategy, Technology, and Timing: Aircraft, the Mediterranean Air War, and the Turning of the Tide in the European Theater / Robert S. Ehlers Jr.

War Since 1945

The War Is Lost: Technological Surprise and the Collapse of Portugal's Colonial Airpower Strategy, Guinea 1963-1974 / Matthew M. Hurley

The Vicissitudes Of Violence: Fear, Physiology, and Behavior under Fire / Edward Coss

Des Fusils Aux Idée: Technological Skepticism and Maculinity in the French Army, 1954-1962 / William Waddell

Cyber: War?1 / Michael Pavelec

The Precision-Information Revolution in Military Affairs and The Limits of Technology / Peter R. Mansoor

Reflections On A Warrior and Scholar / Alan Beyerchen

Back Matter

Bibliography

Secondary Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-39330-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004393301 DOI