from 2000 B.C. to the present Van Creveld, Martin 1946- creator text bibliography History nyu New York London Free Press Collier Macmillan �1989 1989 monographic eng

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x, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm This text provides an analysis of the impact of technology on warfare throughout the centuries. 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. Martin van Creveld. Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index. Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award, 1990. Military art and science History Military history Technology History Military history Technology history Military art and science Military history Technology Military art and science History Military history War Effect of technological innovations on History U27 C86 Van Creveld, Martin, 1946- New York : Free Press ; London : Collier Macmillan, �1989 (OCoLC)622907427 002933151X 88016405 DLC 880531 20240523084823.0 ocm18106933 eng