Paths of Innovation in Warfare: From the Twelfth Century to the Present

Sambaluk, Nicholas Michael (Editor)/ Anderson, Richard H. (Contributor)/ Costanzo, Charles (Contributor)/ Drohan, Brian (Contributor)/ Ehlers, Mark (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1498551777 / ISBN 13: 9781498551779

Published by Lexington Books, 2018

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304 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paths of Innovation in Warfare: From the Twelfth Century to the Present
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498551777
• ISBN 13: 9781498551779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

Innovation shapes wars, and twelve studies by former faculty members of West Point’s United States Military Academy examine specific cases of past and present military innovation. The complex, competitive, and dynamic environment that defines war drives combatants to seek solutions to potentially lethal problems. As some solutions prove effective, gain traction, and win emulation, they follow a path of innovation. The chapters address a broad array of innovations, including in weapon technology, strategy, research and development philosophy, organization of the military instrument, and leveraging maps for strategic goals. Geographically, the examples in this volume span four continents and the Mediterranean Sea, and chronologically they proceed from the twelfth century to the twenty first. Collectively, the studies point to the interconnected value of pursuing constructive solutions to challenges, networking interdisciplinary forms of knowledge, appropriately balancing expectations and capabilities, and understanding an innovation as a journey rather than as an episodic event.

About the Authors

Brian Drohan is a Major in the US Army. He has served as a strategic planner with Eighth Army in South Korea, taught history at the US Military Academy - West Point, worked at the US Embassy to Sri Lanka, and led an armored platoon with the 1st Infantry Division during the Iraq War. He holds a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is author of the book Brutality in an Age of Human Rights: Activism and Counterinsurgency at the End of the British Empire.

Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, PhD, is associate professor at the Air Force Cyber College at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.


Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, PhD, is associate professor at Air University's eSchool of Graduate Professional Military Education and an author on military history and military technology and innovation.