Van Creveld, Martin,  1946- <br/><br/>
Technology and war :  from 2000 B.C. to the present / 
Martin van Creveld. 
 - New York :  London :  Free Press ;  Collier Macmillan,  �1989. 
 - x, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. The age of tools, from earliest times to 1500 A.D. -- Field warfare -- Siege warfare -- The infrastructure of war -- Naval warfare -- Irrational technology -- pt. 2. The age of machines, 1500-1830. Field warfare -- Siege warfare -- The infrastructure of war -- Command of the sea -- The rise of professionalism -- pt. 3. The age of systems, 1830-1945. Mobilization warfare -- Land warfare -- Command of the air -- Sea warfare -- The invention of invention -- pt. 4. The age of automation, 1945 to the present. Computerized war -- Nuclear war -- Integrated war -- Make-believe war -- Real war -- Conclusions : the logic of technology and of war. 
<br/><br/> This text provides an analysis of the impact of technology on warfare throughout the centuries. 
<br/><br/> Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award, 1990. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>002933151X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>88016405  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Military art and science--History.<br/>Military history.<br/>Technology--History.<br/>Military history.<br/>Technology--history<br/>Military art and science<br/>Military history<br/>Technology<br/>Military art and science--History.<br/>Military history.<br/>War--Effect of technological innovations on--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U27  / C86