"New military technologies will alter how wars are fought and will influence the balance of power. Hirst puts such changes into perspective by comparing them to the revolutionary changes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe."--Jacket.
This text examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception.
This text examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception.
New in Paperback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception. This book analyses the operation of mechanical and electronic technologies in connection with two seemingly disparate fields: state-of-the-art mili…
"From the atom bomb to the spy satellites of the Cold War, the strategic limitations of the Vietnam War, and the technological triumphs of the Gulf war, Thomas G. Mahnken follows the development and integration of new technologies into the military and emphasizes their influence…
"Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare--one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. In January 2…
For the first time in our military history, how we wage war is being built around a single strategy: the tracking and elimination of "high value targets"--In other words, assassination by military drone. Kill Chain is the story of how this new paradigm came to be, from WWII to t…
"Medieval Warfare: A Reader examines how armed conflict was experienced in the Middle Ages both on the field of battle and at home. This comprehensive collection of primary source materials - some translated here for the first time - traces over one thousand years of military de…
"Ranging from the Abrams M1 tank to the zeppelin, this reference details the invention and evolution of nearly 600 of the most important advances in military technology from prehistory to the present. International in scope, this book covers: weapons, ammunition, defenses, land …
"Among the most important issues in international security today are the nature and the global implications of China's emergence as a world-class defense technology power. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Chinese defense industry has reinvented itself by emph…
"Among the most important issues in international security today are the nature and the global implications of China's emergence as a world-class defense technology power. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Chinese defense industry has reinvented itself by emph…
"Nicholas D. Evans offers easy-to-read descriptions of more than 75 technologies, and how they are used, all set within the broader context of military transformation. Evans covers the entire spectrum of military technologies from the present-day "heavy" forces comprised of airc…