War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today

Boot, Max

ISBN 10: 1592402224 / ISBN 13: 9781592402229

Published by Gotham, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today
• Publisher: Gotham
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592402224
• ISBN 13: 9781592402229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

An analysis of the pivotal role of technology in modern warfare focuses on four historical periods that shaped the rise and fall of empires, in a narrative account that covers such topics as gunpowder, the Industrial Revolution, and stealth aircraft. First serial, American Heritage.

About the Author

Max Boot is the author of the award-winning The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power, which was selected as a 2002 Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Christian Science Monitor. A senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a weekly foreign-affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times, he lectures regularly at numerous military schools and advises the Department of Defense on transformation issues.