Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Fawn McKay Brodie, Bernard Brodie
From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition
Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Fawn McKay Brodie, Bernard Brodie
From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition
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This is a comprehensive history of weapons from Archimedes' catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, as well as a thoughtful examination of the application of science to warfare and its effects on military strategy.
This is a comprehensive history of weapons from Archimedes' catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, as well as a thoughtful examination of the application of science to warfare and its effects on military strategy.
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- Indiana University Press (IPS)
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Revised, Enlarg
- Seitenzahl: 322
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1973
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 200mm x 130mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 358g
- ISBN-13: 9780253201614
- ISBN-10: 0253201616
- Artikelnr.: 22188358
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Indiana University Press (IPS)
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Revised, Enlarg
- Seitenzahl: 322
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1973
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 200mm x 130mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 358g
- ISBN-13: 9780253201614
- ISBN-10: 0253201616
- Artikelnr.: 22188358
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Bernard Brodie, Fawn M. Brodie
Introduction 1. Antiquity 2. The Middle Ages 3. The Impact of Gunpowder
Early Artillery
Development of the Hand Gun
Naval Power, the Sailing Ship and the Gun
The Rise of the Military Engineer 4. War and Science in the 17th Century
Improvements in the Hand Gun
Artillery Changes, 1600-1700
Seventeenth-Century Science
Seventeenth-Century Fortification
Seventeenth-Century Naval Warfare 5. The 18th Century and Napoleonic Wars
Changes in Weapons and Tactics
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
Naval Warefare and Technology
Eighteenth-Century Science 6. The 19th Century
Science, Independent of War, Transforms War
Transformation of Land Warfare
Sea Power is Revolutionized
Late Developments in 19th Century Science 7. World War One, the Use and Non-Use of Science
The Coming of the Airplane
The Submarine Story
The Stalemate on Land 8. World War Two
The Role of the Scientist
The Supremacy of the Airplane
Radar
The Proximity Fuse
Fire-Control Mechanisms
Antisubmarine Measures
Incendiaries and Smoke Screens
The Coming of the Ballistic Missile 9. The Nuclear Revolution
The Warning
The Chain Reaction Problem
The Manhattan Project
Nuclear Developments after World War Two
Strategic Consequences of the Nuclear Revolution 10. Operations and Systems Analysis, the Science of Strategic Choice 11. Recent Weaponry Changes (1962-1972)
The New School of Conventional War Thinking
New Weapons for Non-Nuclear War
New Naval Weaponry
New Strategic Weapons Developments: The MIRV and ABM Systems
The Problem of Mounting Costs Bibliography Name and Weapon Index
Early Artillery
Development of the Hand Gun
Naval Power, the Sailing Ship and the Gun
The Rise of the Military Engineer 4. War and Science in the 17th Century
Improvements in the Hand Gun
Artillery Changes, 1600-1700
Seventeenth-Century Science
Seventeenth-Century Fortification
Seventeenth-Century Naval Warfare 5. The 18th Century and Napoleonic Wars
Changes in Weapons and Tactics
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
Naval Warefare and Technology
Eighteenth-Century Science 6. The 19th Century
Science, Independent of War, Transforms War
Transformation of Land Warfare
Sea Power is Revolutionized
Late Developments in 19th Century Science 7. World War One, the Use and Non-Use of Science
The Coming of the Airplane
The Submarine Story
The Stalemate on Land 8. World War Two
The Role of the Scientist
The Supremacy of the Airplane
Radar
The Proximity Fuse
Fire-Control Mechanisms
Antisubmarine Measures
Incendiaries and Smoke Screens
The Coming of the Ballistic Missile 9. The Nuclear Revolution
The Warning
The Chain Reaction Problem
The Manhattan Project
Nuclear Developments after World War Two
Strategic Consequences of the Nuclear Revolution 10. Operations and Systems Analysis, the Science of Strategic Choice 11. Recent Weaponry Changes (1962-1972)
The New School of Conventional War Thinking
New Weapons for Non-Nuclear War
New Naval Weaponry
New Strategic Weapons Developments: The MIRV and ABM Systems
The Problem of Mounting Costs Bibliography Name and Weapon Index
Introduction 1. Antiquity 2. The Middle Ages 3. The Impact of Gunpowder
Early Artillery
Development of the Hand Gun
Naval Power, the Sailing Ship and the Gun
The Rise of the Military Engineer 4. War and Science in the 17th Century
Improvements in the Hand Gun
Artillery Changes, 1600-1700
Seventeenth-Century Science
Seventeenth-Century Fortification
Seventeenth-Century Naval Warfare 5. The 18th Century and Napoleonic Wars
Changes in Weapons and Tactics
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
Naval Warefare and Technology
Eighteenth-Century Science 6. The 19th Century
Science, Independent of War, Transforms War
Transformation of Land Warfare
Sea Power is Revolutionized
Late Developments in 19th Century Science 7. World War One, the Use and Non-Use of Science
The Coming of the Airplane
The Submarine Story
The Stalemate on Land 8. World War Two
The Role of the Scientist
The Supremacy of the Airplane
Radar
The Proximity Fuse
Fire-Control Mechanisms
Antisubmarine Measures
Incendiaries and Smoke Screens
The Coming of the Ballistic Missile 9. The Nuclear Revolution
The Warning
The Chain Reaction Problem
The Manhattan Project
Nuclear Developments after World War Two
Strategic Consequences of the Nuclear Revolution 10. Operations and Systems Analysis, the Science of Strategic Choice 11. Recent Weaponry Changes (1962-1972)
The New School of Conventional War Thinking
New Weapons for Non-Nuclear War
New Naval Weaponry
New Strategic Weapons Developments: The MIRV and ABM Systems
The Problem of Mounting Costs Bibliography Name and Weapon Index
Early Artillery
Development of the Hand Gun
Naval Power, the Sailing Ship and the Gun
The Rise of the Military Engineer 4. War and Science in the 17th Century
Improvements in the Hand Gun
Artillery Changes, 1600-1700
Seventeenth-Century Science
Seventeenth-Century Fortification
Seventeenth-Century Naval Warfare 5. The 18th Century and Napoleonic Wars
Changes in Weapons and Tactics
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
Naval Warefare and Technology
Eighteenth-Century Science 6. The 19th Century
Science, Independent of War, Transforms War
Transformation of Land Warfare
Sea Power is Revolutionized
Late Developments in 19th Century Science 7. World War One, the Use and Non-Use of Science
The Coming of the Airplane
The Submarine Story
The Stalemate on Land 8. World War Two
The Role of the Scientist
The Supremacy of the Airplane
Radar
The Proximity Fuse
Fire-Control Mechanisms
Antisubmarine Measures
Incendiaries and Smoke Screens
The Coming of the Ballistic Missile 9. The Nuclear Revolution
The Warning
The Chain Reaction Problem
The Manhattan Project
Nuclear Developments after World War Two
Strategic Consequences of the Nuclear Revolution 10. Operations and Systems Analysis, the Science of Strategic Choice 11. Recent Weaponry Changes (1962-1972)
The New School of Conventional War Thinking
New Weapons for Non-Nuclear War
New Naval Weaponry
New Strategic Weapons Developments: The MIRV and ABM Systems
The Problem of Mounting Costs Bibliography Name and Weapon Index
