War in the Age of Technology: Myriad Faces of Modern Armed Conflict
ISBN-13:
9780814742501
ISBN-10:
0814742505
Author:
Andrew Wiest, Robert Geoffrey Jensen
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
NYU Press
Format:
Hardcover
406 pages
Category:
Military History
,
Engineering
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ISBN-13:
9780814742501
ISBN-10:
0814742505
Author:
Andrew Wiest, Robert Geoffrey Jensen
Publication date:
2001
Publisher:
NYU Press
Format:
Hardcover
406 pages
Category:
Military History
,
Engineering
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War in the Age of Technology: Myriad Faces of Modern Armed Conflict (ISBN-13: 9780814742501 and ISBN-10: 0814742505), written by authors
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Technology of one kind or another has always been a central ingredient in war. The Spartan king Archidamus, for instance, reacted with alarm when first witnessing a weapon that could shoot darts through the air. And yet during the past two centuries technology has played an unprecedented role in military affairs and thinking, and in the overall conduct of war. In addition, the impact of new technology on warfare has brought major social and cultural changes. This volume explores the relationship between war, technology, and modern society over the course of the last several centuries. The two world wars, total conflicts in which industrial technology took a terrible human toll, brought great changes to the practice of organized violence among nations; even so many aspect of military life and values remained largely unaffected. In the latter half of the twentieth century, technology in the form of nuclear deterrence appears to have prevented the global conflagration of world war while complicating and fueling ferocious regional contests. A stimulating fusion of military and social history, extending back to the eighteenth century, and with contributions from such leading historians as Brian Bond, Paddy Griffith, and Neil McMillen, War in the Age of Technology will interest lay readers and specialists alike.
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