The means to kill: essays on the interdependence of war and technology from ancient Rome to the age of drones
"Throughout human history, technological innovation has functioned as a driver of civilization and inspired many people's belief in progress. Featuring conference papers and articles by specialists in military history from around the world, this collection of new essays examines the interd...
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| Summary: | "Throughout human history, technological innovation has functioned as a driver of civilization and inspired many people's belief in progress. Featuring conference papers and articles by specialists in military history from around the world, this collection of new essays examines the interdependence between war and technology from a number of regional perspectives"... |
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Preface
Frank Jacob and Gerrit Dworok 1
Introduction
Frank Jacob, Gerrit Dworok and Jeffrey M. Shaw 3
Part I: Ancient Rome and the Medieval Ages
Ancient Naval Artillery Support
Jorit Wintjes 17
Stirrup, Composite Bow and Traction Trebuchet: Some Remarks on the Interdependence of War and Technology in the Early Middle Ages
Christian Scholl 30
The Medieval Arms Race: The Confrontation of Orient and Occident in the Crusades and the Reconquista
Thomas Schuetz 45
Gunpowder and Cannons: Gunnery in the Late Middle Ages
Marc-Andre Karpienski 57
Mining and Warfare: An Overview of Centuries of Interdependence
Olaf Wagener 71
Part II: The Age of the World Wars
The German Navy League, Navalism and the Perception of the Imperial German Navy as a Technological Masterpiece, 1898-1914
Sebastian Diziol 85
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The Soviet Propaganda Film as an Instrument of Warfare:
Sergey Eisensteins Montage Technique and the “Global Civil War of Ideologies”
Gerrit Dworok 98
Four Technical Artifacts of the Great War
Kurt Möser 111
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Use and Abuse of Peacetime Technology, 1940-45: A Case Study of Unconventional Warfare
Roderick Bailey 126
The Liberal Attraction to Technological Progress and the RAF
Tomás Kucera 137
Resource Policy and Technical Understanding: Aspects of Hitler s Wartime Economy
Eckehard Dworok 153
Part III: The Cold War
A Weapon Changed the World: The AK-47 and the Consequences for Asymmetric Warfare
Frank Jacob 169
Tous Azimuts: Yugoslavia’s Defense Policy in the Cold War
James Horncastle 182
Technology, Warfare and Intra-Alliance Rivalry:
The U.S.-West German Main Battle Tank Harmonization in the 1970s
Benedict von Bremen 197
Equipping the Marine Corps for the 21st Century, 1975-1990
Nathan R. Packard 210
From AirLand Battle to Effects-Based Operations: United States Air Force and Army Doctrine Development from 1980 to 2001
Daniel Führer 228
Part IV: The Age of “New Wars”
Technology and War: Nanotechnology, Precision and Globalization
Jeffrey M. Shaw
245
Table of Contents vii
The Fallacy of Humane Killing: Interwar Debates About Air Power and Twenty-First Century “Killer Robots”
Adam Page 260
Death from the Skies: A Just-War Perspective on the Rise of Unmanned Weapons Systems and the Reduction of Combatant and Noncombatant Casualties
Timothy J. Demy 277
About the Contributors 293
Index 297
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