00000cam a22000004a 4500 UP-8027390931316262858 Buklod 20170328160746.0 a r |||| u| ta 071003s2007 nyuabf rb |001 0|eng d 1592403158 9781592403158 (pbk.) (iLib)UPMIN-00009220441 CaAEU eng D214 B66 2006 355.020903222 Boot, Max 1968- War made new weapons, warriors and the making of the modern world Max Boot. War made new technology, warfare, and the course of history, 1500 to today New York Gotham Books c2006. 624 p., [16] p. of plates ill., maps 25 cm. Hardcover edition title : War made new : technology, warfare, and the course of history, 1500 to today. Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-516) and index. Sail and shot : the Spanish Armada, July 31-August 9, 1588 -- Missile and muscle : Breitenfeld and Lu?Itzen, September 17, 1631-November 16, 1632 -- Flintlocks and forbearance : Assaye, September 23, 1803 -- Rifles and railroads : Ko?Iniggra?Itz, July 3, 1866 -- Maxim guns and dum dums : Omdurman, September 2, 1898 -- Steel and steam : Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905 -- Tanks and terror : France, May 10-June 22, 1940 -- Flattops and torpedoes : Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 -- Superfortresses and firebombs : Tokyo, March 9-10, 1945 -- Professionalism and precision : Kuwait and Iraq, January 17-February 28, 1991 -- Special forces and horses : Afghanistan, October 7-December 6, 2001 -- Humvees and I.E.D.s : Iraq, March 20, 2003-May 1, 2005. "A history that ranges from the defeat of the Spanish Armada to the War on Terrorism, War Made New is a provocative new vision of the rise of the modern world through the lens of warfare. Max Boot explores how innovations in weaponry and tactics have not only transformed how wars are fought and won but also guided the course of human events, from the formation of the first modern states, to the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the coming of al Qaeda." "Boot argues that the past five centuries of history have been marked not by gradual change in how we fight but instead by four revolutions in military technology - and that the nations who have successfully mastered these revolutions have gained the power to redraw the map of the world."--BOOK JACKET. Military history, Modern. Military art and science Technological innovations. Council on Foreign Relations. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006015518.html UPMIN UPMIN-MAIN D214 B66 2006 Book