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Author | : Ron Fridell |
Publisher | : Lerner Books [UK] |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
ISBN | : 1580134262 |
An introduction to military technology, looking at the advanced weaponry and machinery employed by military forces around the world.
Author | : J. Alic |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2007-09-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230606873 |
Trillions for Military Technology explains why the weapons purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense cost so much, why it takes decades to get them into production even as innovation in the civilian economy becomes ever more frenetic, and why some of those weapons don't work very well despite expenditures of many billions of dollars. It also explains what do about these problems. The author argues that the internal politics of the armed services make weapons acquisition almost unmanageable. Solutions require empowering civilian officials and reforms that will bring choice of weapons "into the sunshine" of public debate.
Author | : Wolfgang Fleischer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781473854192 |
Like any war before or since, the First World War formed the catalyst for a wealth of technical inventions with only one goal in mind: to inflict as much damage on the opponent as possible. No one would have dreamed that as a result of these new technologies, the death tolls on all sides would be so high, nor would the physical destruction of the opposition have seemed possible. In this new work, Wolfgang Fleischer has meticulously documented all the weaponry was used by the Central Powers and their opponents, including machine guns, artillery guns, gas, the first armored combat vehicles, aircraft and submarines.
Author | : Jon R. Lindsay |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2020-07-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1501749579 |
Militaries with state-of-the-art information technology sometimes bog down in confusing conflicts. To understand why, it is important to understand the micro-foundations of military power in the information age, and this is exactly what Jon R. Lindsay's Information Technology and Military Power gives us. As Lindsay shows, digital systems now mediate almost every effort to gather, store, display, analyze, and communicate information in military organizations. He highlights how personnel now struggle with their own information systems as much as with the enemy. Throughout this foray into networked technology in military operations, we see how information practice—the ways in which practitioners use technology in actual operations—shapes the effectiveness of military performance. The quality of information practice depends on the interaction between strategic problems and organizational solutions. Information Technology and Military Power explores information practice through a series of detailed historical cases and ethnographic studies of military organizations at war. Lindsay explains why the US military, despite all its technological advantages, has struggled for so long in unconventional conflicts against weaker adversaries. This same perspective suggests that the US retains important advantages against advanced competitors like China that are less prepared to cope with the complexity of information systems in wartime. Lindsay argues convincingly that a better understanding of how personnel actually use technology can inform the design of command and control, improve the net assessment of military power, and promote reforms to improve military performance. Warfighting problems and technical solutions keep on changing, but information practice is always stuck in between.
Author | : Colin S. Gray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Weaponry does not equal strategy, argues Colin Gray, but the two are often confused, resulting in such linguistic errors as strategic weapons. There may be an interactive relationship between policy, strategy and weaponry but, he contends, policy and strategy always take the front seat.
Author | : Gina Hagler |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2018-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1680488724 |
War has at some point touched every nation. Beginning with ancient history and following through to the present, this book addresses the question of why war exists, and explains the shapes in which it occurs. It will lead young readers on a journey through time by tracing weapons from the earliest stones and clubs to modern technological military warfare. Along with the evolution of weaponry through the ages, it also goes into the development of protective gear, transportation, communication, and military strategies.
Author | : Emily O. Goldman |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780804745352 |
Antologi. Sikkerhedspolitiske forskere giver deres vurdering af følgerne af informationsalderens opgør med hidtidig kendt våbenteknologi og doktriner i forbindelse med den globale spredning af know-how på området.
Author | : Barton C. Hacker |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2007-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0801887720 |
The growth of American engineering and science has affected military technology, organization, and practice from the colonial era to the present day—even as military concerns have influenced, and often funded, domestic engineering programs and scientific development. American Military Technology traces the interplay of technology and science with the armed forces of the United States in terms of what Hacker and Vining view as epochs: 1840–1865, the introduction of modern small arms, steam power, and technology, science, and medicine; 1900–1914, the naval arms race, torpedoes and submarines, and the signal corps and the airplane; and 1965–1971, McNamara's Pentagon, technology in Vietnam, guided missiles, and smart bombs. The book is an excellent springboard for understanding the complex relationship of science, technology, and war in American history.
Author | : Ian Graham |
Publisher | : Evans Brothers |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
ISBN | : 0237534282 |
The New Technology series is an exciting, up-to-date look at new technology and the effect it is having on the world. Each title looks forward to likely future technological advances that will affect our everyday lives.Today there are already unmanned spy planes, military robots, and stealth bombers. But what new weapons and systems will be around in the future? Will soldiers really wear uniforms that control their body temperature or sound an alarm if they are injured? Will robots be the soldiers of the future? Will robot spies as small as insects scout enemy territory? With developments in military technology, future warfare and defense will be very different.
Author | : Merritt Roe Smith |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780262192392 |
In this book, historians of technology bring their special expertise to probing the influence of the military on technological development over a broad range of history and in a variety of cases.