Men, Machines & WarWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1988 M11 30 - 219 páginas Using examples from the last two centuries, this collection of essays discusses the close links between technology and war. In the opening essay, distinguished historian William H. McNeill demonstrates the extent to which military technology has often led to differentiations among people, both within and between societies. The other studies examine various aspects of weapons technology, drawing on the history of the armed forces of Britain, Prussia, and Australia, among others. Some of these illustrate how the adoption of new weaponry frequently depended as much on national pride and party politics as it did on the purely technical merits of the weapons involved; that financial considerations became increasingly primary in technological developments in British army after World War I; and that decisions made prior to 1939 about the aviation technology to be developed for military purposes largely determined what kind of the RAF was able to fight. The chapter by Dr. G.R. Lindsay, the Chief of the Operational Research and Analysis Establishment at the Department of National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, makes the case that, with nuclear weapons added to the scene, the impact of technology on international security has never been as great as at present, and that the competition of nations seeking the technological edge in weaponry threatens to destabilize the precarious balance that has existed since 1945. |
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... arms race of which the Dreadnought was such a visible symbol . For naval doctrine , such rapid change meant that there were many possible futures . Without major naval wars to guide them , the Admi- ralty made a virtue out of a ...
Keith Neilson Ronald Haycock. period . In fact , of the three military arms , air technology was the most volatile , with each change increasing the number of permutations possible for the future in terms of doctrine and usage ...
... arms without surrendering a firm preponderance at home for social structures compatible with either infantry , as in China , or cavalry , as in Europe . Firm subordination of one branch to the other to match the structure of civil ...
... arms and armour from state - managed workshops to the military consumers , who were stationed far from the seats of agriculture and manufacture along the desolate steppes.5 Elsewhere , so far as I am aware , no comparably novel or ...
... arm would prevail in what times and places . Technology and economics were , in this respect , subordinate to politics , not vice versa . Yet it would be a gross oversimplification to consign the military and social history of two ...
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Observations on the Dialectics of British Tactics 190445 | 49 |
The Royal Navy and Technological Change 18151945 | 75 |
The Influence of Technology on Airpower 191945 | 93 |
Artillery from 1815 to 1914 | 113 |
Technology Society and International Security Since 1945 | 153 |
Australias Owen Gun Story | 183 |
Index | 215 |