In this engaging book, Jeremy Black argues that technology neither acts as an independent variable nor operates without major limitations. This includes its capacity to obtain end results, as technology's impact is far from simple and its pathways are by no means clear. After considering such key co[...]
Twenty-five international historians identify decisive conflicts that they believe contributed most to the shaping of history from the fifth century BC to the present, in a chronically arranged volume that features coverage of military technology and strategy as well as the effects each conflict had[...]