The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs
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The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs

About this book

The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs updates two central debates in military history--the one surrounding the concept of military revolution, and the one on military affairs--whilst advancing original research in both fields. Only a handful of publications consider the military revolution and the RMA in tandem. This book breaks new ground conceptually and appeals to an exceptionally large and diverse readership. Comparative revisionist studies of the military revolution and RMA better enable us to comprehend the historical continuum and reveal the new RMA for what it is. And for what it is shortly to become.

This book presents original contributions within the "epicentre" of the military revolution debate, the 1500s, with an emphasis on gunpowder revolution (offensively and defensively). The connections with the Revolution in Military Affairs are then made explicit by scholars, a practitioner, and an analyst, with an emphasis on airborne lethal autonomous weapons systems. This is a chronologically broad and unique methodological approach to a historical debate that begs for clarification as we enter an era where killer robots will almost certainly take from humans their monopoly on violence.

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Yes, you can access The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs by Mark Fissel, Mark Charles Fissel in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Military & Maritime History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9783110657258
eBook ISBN
9783110657593
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Preface and Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Difference in an Age of Parity: Technology and Global Military History
  7. Gunpowder Revolution in the East of Europe and the Battle of Orsha, 1514
  8. To Stop a Cannonball: Ottoman Fortress Design and Comparing Military Revolutions, 1350–1730
  9. Firearms and Fieldworks: Military Transformation and the End of Gaelic Ireland
  10. A True Beast of Land and Water: The Gunpowder Mutation of Amphibious Warfare
  11. From the Gunpowder Age Military Revolution to a Revolution in Military Affairs
  12. To Dream the Impossible Dream: Feasibility of Deliberate Government Guidance of Revolutions in Military Affairs
  13. The Dilemma of Human Interference in War: The Coming Revolution of Autonomous Air Warfare
  14. Index