Examines the ethical debates that severely tested the American scientific community during the Cold War. It highlights the contributions of scientists to military technologies and strategic policymaking, from the dawning atomic age in the 1940s through the Strategic Defense Init…
Investigates the writings of Charles Baudelaire in the wider context of the evolution of text- and image-based media, from newspapers to photography and pre-cinematic technologies in 19th-century France
Bogens tese er, at masse, materiet og teknologi alene ikke er den afgørende faktor, men at doktrin og måden, som styrkerne indsættes på også er af betydning. Forfatteren analyserer en række kendte slag, nemlig Operation Michael - det andet slag ved Somme i 1918, Operation Goodwo…