TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Creveld,Martin
TI  - Technology and war: from 2000 B.C. to the present 
SN  - 002933151X
AV  - U27 C86
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Free Press, Collier Macmillan
KW  - Military art and science
KW  - History
KW  - Military history
KW  - Technology
KW  - history
KW  - fast
KW  - nli
KW  - War
KW  - Effect of technological innovations on
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index; 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
N2  - This text provides an analysis of the impact of technology on warfare throughout the centuries
ER  -