Describes the application of research to the evolution of weapons. It shows how natural, engineering, information and environmental sciences are exploited how even social science is applied to recruitment, battlefield and logistical management, and careful preparation of terroristic acts.
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'Are scientists present in governance', asks historian Suzanne Citron, 'only to justify decisions made by political leaders on H-bombs ... and the like?' Docs war extend science by other means? This paraphrase of Carl von Clausewitz's remark about war related to governance (a continuation of politics by other means)1 will be a major preoccupation in the chapters ahead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, New York, Soviet Union, First World War, Cold War, Scientific American, Gulf War, Civil War, Academy of Sciences, Great Britain, The Economist, Western Allies, John Keegan, North America, National Research Council, Third Reich, Martin van Creveld, Random House, The Fatal Decisions, European Union, Los Alamos, Star Wars, William Morrow, American Physical Society, Army Group New!
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'Are scientists present in governance', asks historian Suzanne Citron, 'only to justify decisions made by political leaders on H-bombs ... and the like?' Docs war extend science by other means? This paraphrase of Carl von Clausewitz's remark about war related to governance (a continuation of politics by other means)1 will be a major preoccupation in the chapters ahead. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civil research, new terrorism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Soviet Union, First World War, Cold War, Scientific American, Gulf War, Civil War, Academy of Sciences, Great Britain, The Economist, Western Allies, John Keegan, North America, National Research Council, Third Reich, Martin van Creveld, Random House, The Fatal Decisions, European Union, Los Alamos, Star Wars, William Morrow, American Physical Society, Army Group New!
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- The First World War by John Keegan on 8 pages
- Shades of Blue and Gray (Harvest Book) by Herman Hattaway on 5 pages
- The Great Deep by James Hamilton-Paterson on page 67, page 68, and page 69
- The Transformation of War: The Most Radical Reinterpretation of Armed Conflict Since Clausewitz by Martin Van Creveld on page 149, page 165, and page 166
- The Struggle for Europe. by Chester Wilmot on page 186, page 222, and page 278
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- NATO and the European Union: New World, New Europe, New Threats by Hall Gardner in Front Matter
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