Technology, Violence, and War Essays in Honor of Dr. John F. Guilmartin, Jr. / Edited by Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Sarah K. Douglas, Daniel P.M. Curzon.

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Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Descriptionxix, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Other author/creatorGuilmartin, John F., Jr. (John Francis), 1940-2016.
Other author/creatorEhlers, Robert S.
Other author/creatorDouglas, Sarah K.
Other author/creatorCurzon, Daniel P. M.
SeriesHistory of warfare, 1385-7827 ; Volume 125
Contents Technology and strategy : what are the limits? / John F. Guilmartin, Jr. -- Gunpowder artillery in Europe, 1326-1500 : innovation and impact / Clifford Rogers -- To the seas : the genesis of ship rigging in the medieval and early modern worlds / Sarah K. Douglas -- The lost world : change and continuity in Mughal military technology / Andrew de la Garza -- If you can be seen, you can be killed : the technological increase in killing zone during the American Civil War / Edward McCaul -- Without experience or precedent: transformational technology and the light draft monitors / William Roberts -- The Uganda Railway and the fabrication of Kenya / Robert H. Clemm -- German technology and the origins of World War I in East Asia / Robyn Rodriguez -- Freeman's folly : the debate over the development of the "unarmed bomber" and the genesis of the De Havilland Mosquito, 1935-1940 / Sebastian Cox -- The impact of institutional context : Anglo-American naval fire control / Corbin Williamson -- In strategy, technology, and timing: aircraft, the Mediterranean Air War, and the turning of the tide in the European theater / Robert S. Ehlers, Jr.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 359-390) and index.
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LCCN 2018055829
ISBN9789004383418 (hardback : alk. paper)

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