War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to TodayA monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefield Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, War Made New focuses on four "revolutions" in military affairs and describes how inventions ranging from gunpowder to GPS-guided air strikes have remade the field of battle—and shaped the rise and fall of empires. War Made New begins with the Gunpowder Revolution and explains warfare's evolution from ritualistic, drawn-out engagements to much deadlier events, precipitating the rise of the modern nation-state. He next explores the triumph of steel and steam during the Industrial Revolution, showing how it powered the spread of European colonial empires. Moving into the twentieth century and the Second Industrial Revolution, Boot examines three critical clashes of World War II to illustrate how new technology such as the tank, radio, and airplane ushered in terrifying new forms of warfare and the rise of centralized, and even totalitarian, world powers. Finally, Boot focuses on the Gulf War, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iraq War—arguing that even as cutting-edge technologies have made America the greatest military power in world history, advanced communications systems have allowed decentralized, "irregular" forces to become an increasingly significant threat. |
Contents
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Breitenfeld and Lützen | 50 |
Assaye September 23 1803 | 77 |
The Consequences of the Gunpowder Revolution | 103 |
The Rise of the Industrial Age | 109 |
Tokyo March 910 1945 | 268 |
The Consequences of the Second Industrial Revolution | 295 |
THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION | 305 |
Kuwait and Iraq | 318 |
Afghanistan | 352 |
Iraq March 20 2003May 1 2005 | 385 |
The Consequences of the Information Revolution | 419 |
REVOLUTIONS PAST PRESENT FUTURE | 437 |
Königgrätz July 3 1866 | 116 |
Omdurman September 2 1898 | 146 |
Tsushima May 2728 1905 | 170 |
The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution | 196 |
The Rise of the Second Industrial Age | 205 |
France May 10June 22 1940 | 212 |
Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 | 241 |
Other editions - View all
War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today Max Boot Limited preview - 2006 |
War Made New: Weapons, Warriors, and the Making of the Modern World Max Boot No preview available - 2007 |
War Made New: Weapons, Warriors, and the Making of the Modern World Max Boot No preview available - 2007 |
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