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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... effect that technology has on an armed force is dependent on a number of nontechnological factors , factors not ... effects . First , it meant that British discussions of the effects of technology were neces- sarily second - hand ...
... effect of this on the Royal Navy was profound . Its traditional strength had lain in the quality of its personnel , but quality of technol- ogy seemed to be more important in an era of rapid technical innova- tion . With the best ...
... effect of mass bombing . These , combined with Baldwin's dictum that the bomber would always get through , argued that the correct use of resources lay in bomber production , with its implied deterrent effect . Only a further ...
... effect , case studies , ones for which the answers to the questions posed are largely known . Such is not the case ... effects of thermonuclear war . He is afraid that many of the traditional military arguments have been turned upside ...
... effect . By the begin- ning of the third millennium BC , bronze swords , helmets , and shields , produced by specially skilled workers , gave an obvious advantage to societies we call civilized in clashes with peoples who could not com ...
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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 |