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The means to kill : essays on the interdependence of war and technology from ancient Rome to the age of drones / edited by Gerrit Dworok and Frank Jacob.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military art and science--Technological innovations--History.
- Military art and science.
- Military weapons--Technological innovations.
- Military weapons.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Throughout human history, technological innovation has functioned as a driver of civilization and inspired many people's belief in progress. Featuring conference papers and articles by specialists in military history from around the world, this collection of new essays examines the interdependence between war and technology from a number of regional perspectives"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Preface (Frank Jacob and Gerrit Dworok); Introduction (Frank Jacob, Gerrit Dworok and Jeffrey M. Shaw); Part I. Ancient Rome and the Medieval Ages; Ancient Naval Artillery Support (Jorit Wintjes); Stirrup, Composite Bow and Traction Trebuchet: Some Remarks on the Interdependence of War and Technology in the Early Middle Ages (Christian Scholl); The Medieval Arms Race: The Confrontation of Orient and Occident in the Crusades and the Reconquista (Thomas Schuetz); Gunpowder and Cannons: Gunnery in the Late Middle Ages (Marc-André Karpienski)
- Mining and Warfare: An Overview of Centuries of Interdependence (Olaf Wagener)Part II. The Age of the World Wars; The German Navy League, Navalism and the Perception of the Imperial German Navy as a Technological Masterpiece, 1898-1914 (Sebastian Diziol); The Soviet Propaganda Film as an Instrument of Warfare: Sergey Eisenstein's Montage Technique and the "Global Civil War of Ideologies" (Gerrit Dworok); Four Technical Artifacts of the Great War (Kurt Möser)
- Technology, Warfare and Intra-Alliance Rivalry: The U.S.-West German Main Battle Tank Harmonization in the 1970s (Benedict von Bremen)Equipping the Marine Corps for the 21st Century, 1975-1990 (Nathan R. Packard); From AirLand Battle to Effects-Based Operations: United States Air Force and Army Doctrine Development from 1980 to 2001 (Daniel Fuhrer); Part IV. The Age of "New Wars"; Technology and War: Nanotechnology, Precision and Globalization (Jeffrey M. Shaw); The Fallacy of Humane Killing: Interwar Debates About Air Power and Twenty-First Century "Killer Robots" (Adam Page)
- Death from the Skies: A Just-War Perspective on the Rise of Unmanned Weapons Systems and the Reduction of Combatant and Noncombatant Casualties (Timothy J. Demy)About the Contributors ; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2280-9
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