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WAR MADE NEW

Max Boot

Subtitle: Weapoins, Warriors, and the Making of the Modern World, Gotham Books, Ny., 2006, 624 pgs. ,index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, paperback

 

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Preface and Introduction

 
 

Part I - The Gunpowder Revolution

 
 

Chapter 1 - Sail and Shot: The Spanish Armada, July 31 - September 21, 1588

 
 

Chapter 2 - Missile and Muscle: Breitenfeld and Lutzen

 
 

Chapter 3 - Flintlocks and Forbearance: Assaye, September 23, 1803

 
 

The Consequences of the Gunpowder Revolution

 
 

Part II: The First Industrial Revolution

 
 

Chapter 4 - Rifles and Railheads: Koniggratz, July 3, 1866

 
 

Chapter 5 - Maxim Guns and Dum Dums, Omdurman, September 2, 1898

 
 

Chapter 6 - Steel and Steam: Tushima, May 27-28, 1905

 
 

The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

 
 

Part III, The Second Industrial Revolution

 
 

The Rise of the Second Industrial Age

 
 

Chapter 7 - Tanks and Terror: France, May 10 - June 22, 1940

 
 

Chapter 8 - Flattops and Torpoedos: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

 
 

Chapter 9 - Superfortresses and Firebombs: Tokyo, March 9-10, 1945

 
 

Consequences of the Second Industrial Revolution

 
 

Part IV - The Information Revolution

 
 

The Rise of the Information Age

 
 

Chapter 10 - Precision and Professionalism: Kuwait and Iraq January 17-February 28, 1991

 
 

Chapter 11 - Special Forces and Horses: Afghanistan, October 7 - December 6, 2001

 
 

Chapter 12 - Humvees and IED's: Iraq, March 20, 2003 - May 1, 2005

 
 

The Consequences of the Information Revolution

 
 

Part V: Revolutions Past, Present, and Future

 
 

Chapter 13 - Revolutions to Come

 
 

Epilogue: Five Hundred Years and Counting: What the Past Teaches us About the Future

 

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