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Book War made new : technology, warfare, and the course of history, 1500 to today / Max Boot.
Publication year: c2006.
Language: English
Call Number D214 .B67 2006
Media class: Book
Publisher: New York : Gotham Books
ISBN: 1592402224 9781592402229
Notes:
"A Council on Foreign Relations book" -- Jacket.
Extent: 624 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description:
"This book examines four such instances of great change in warfare over the past five hundred years: The Gunpowder Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the Second Industrial Revolution, and the Information Revolution." -- Intro., p. 8.
part 1. 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 Lützen, September 17, 1631-November 16, 1632 -- Flintlocks and forbearance : Assaye, September 23, 1803 -- The consequences of the gunpowder revolution -- part 2. The first industrial revolution. The rise of the industrial age -- Rifles and railroads : Königgrätz, 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 -- part 3. 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 -- part 4. 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 -- part 5. Revolutions past, present, future. -- Revolutions to come. -- Epilogue : Five hundred years and counting : what the past teaches about the future.
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