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War Made New Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today

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ISBN-10: 1592403158

ISBN-13: 9781592403158

Edition: N/A

Authors: Max Boot

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A monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefield Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, War Made Newfocuses on four revolutions in military affairs and describes how inventions ranging from gunpowder to GPS-guided air strikes have remade the field of battleand shaped the rise and fall of empires. War Made Newbegins with the Gunpowder Revolution and explains warfares evolution from ritualistic, drawn-out engagements to much deadlier events, precipitating the rise of the modern nation-state. He next explores the triumph of steel and steam during the Industrial Revolution,…    
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 656
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

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Author's Note
Prologue: The Blitzkrieg of 1494
Introduction: Revolutions in Military Affairs
The Gunpowder Revolution
The Rise of the Gunpowder Age
Sail and Shot: The Spanish Armada, July 31-September 21, 1588
Missile and Muscle: Breitenfeld and Lutzen, September 17, 1631-November 16, 1632
Flintlocks and Forbearance: Assaye, September 23, 1803
The Consequences of the Gunpowder Revolution
The First Industrial Revolution
The Rise of the Industrial Age
Rifles and Railroads: Koniggratz, July 3, 1866
Maxim Guns and Dum Dums: Omdurman, September 2, 1898
Steel and Steam: Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905
The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
The Second Industrial Revolution
The Rise of the Second Industrial Age
Tanks and Terror: France, May 10-June 22, 1940
Flattops and Torpedoes: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Superfortresses and Firebombs: Tokyo, March 9-10, 1945
The Consequences of the Second Industrial Revolution
The Information Revolution
The Rise of the Information Age
Precision and Professionalism: Kuwait and Iraq, January 17-February 28, 1991
Special Forces and Horses: Afghanistan, October 7-December 6, 2001
Humvees and IEDs: Iraq, March 20, 2003-May 1, 2005
The Consequences of the Information Revolution
Revolutions Past, Present, Future
Revolutions to Come
Epilogue: Five Hundred Years and Counting: What the Past Teaches About the Future
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Index