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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... major naval wars to guide them , the Admi- ralty made a virtue out of a traditional vice and refused to consider doctrine seriously . While World War I brought a continuing tide of technological developments , it did not — with the ...
... major European armies . In essence , Maurice was at one with Continental tacticians in maintaining that extended formations should not merely prepare but become the assault . He did not , however , look for salvation merely in forms ...
... Major F. Trench wrote in 1894 , " To anyone fresh from our own camps of exercise there is perhaps nothing more striking at German man- oeuvres than the amount of independence and initiative allowed to the commanders of the smaller units ...
... major battles of 1866 or 1870. The fundamental issue , therefore , was whether prolonged engagements fought around provisional fortifications would become a feature of European warfare . The response to this question was twofold . On ...
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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 |