{"product_id":"war-made-new-technology-warfare-and-the-course-of-history-1500-to-today-9781592403158","title":"War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today","description":"\u003cb\u003eA monumental, groundbreaking work, now in paperback, that shows how technological and strategic revolutions have transformed the battlefield\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining gripping narrative history with wide-ranging analysis, \u003ci\u003eWar Made New\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on four \"revolutions\" in military affairs and describes how inventions ranging from gunpowder to GPS-guided air strikes have remade the field of battle--and shaped the rise and fall of empires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWar Made New\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the Gunpowder Revolution and explains warfare's evolution from ritualistic, drawn-out engagements to much deadlier events, precipitating the rise of the modern nation-state. He next explores the triumph of steel and steam during the Industrial Revolution, showing how it powered the spread of European colonial empires. Moving into the twentieth century and the Second Industrial Revolution, Boot examines three critical clashes of World War II to illustrate how new technology such as the tank, radio, and airplane ushered in terrifying new forms of warfare and the rise of centralized, and even totalitarian, world powers. Finally, Boot focuses on the Gulf War, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iraq War--arguing that even as cutting-edge technologies have made America the greatest military power in world history, advanced communications systems have allowed decentralized, \"irregular\" forces to become an increasingly significant threat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax Boot is the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power\u003c\/i\u003e, which was selected as a 2002 Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Avery Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50921637609746,"sku":"9781592403158","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b132b4a0-baef-41fa-8ece-03f054123b2a.jpg?v=1738922360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-made-new-technology-warfare-and-the-course-of-history-1500-to-today-9781592403158","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}