Technology, Violence, and War: Essays in Honor of Dr. John F. Guilmartin, Jr. PDF
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Technology, Violence, and War History of Warfare Editors Kelly DeVries (Loyola University Maryland) John France (University of Wales, Swansea) Paul Johstono (The Citadel, South Carolina) Michael S. Neiberg (United States Army War College, Pennsylvania) Frederick Schneid (High Point University, North Carolina) volume 125 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/hw Technology, Violence, and War Essays in Honor of Dr. John F. Guilmartin, Jr. Edited by Robert S. Ehlers, Jr. Sarah K. Douglas Daniel P.M. Curzon leiden | boston Cover illustration: Fol. 102r, Kriegstechnik (Bilderhandschrift), Zentralbibliothek, Zürich, Ms. Rh hist. 33b. Papier, 168 ff,. 30 × 21 cm, Oberrhein um 1420–1440. With kind permission of the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. Photo Dr Guilmartin: courtesy of Lore Guilmartin. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Guilmartin, John F., Jr. (John Francis), 1940-2016, honouree. | Ehlers, Robert S., editor. | Douglas, Sarah K., editor. | Curzon, Daniel P. M., editor. Title: Technology, violence, and war : essays in honor of Dr. John F. Guilmartin, Jr. / Edited by Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Sarah K. Douglas, Daniel P.M. Curzon. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] | Series: History of warfare, ISSN 1385-7827 ; Volume 125 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018055829 (print) | LCCN 2018056711 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004393301 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004383418 (hardback : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Military research. | Military art and science--Technological innovations. Classification: LCC U390 (ebook) | LCC U390 .T 2019 (print) | DDC 355/.07--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018055829 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN 1385-7827 ISBN 978-90-04-38341-8 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-39330-1 (e-book) Copyright 2019 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. To Dr. John F. (“Joe”) Guilmartin, Jr. from his students. He modeled strength in adversity, humility in achievement, and wisdom in action. And to Lore Guilmartin, the gracious and formidable woman behind Joe’s successes and ours. ⸪ Contents Acknowledgements xiii List of Illustrations, Tables and Maps xv Notes on Contributors xvii Introduction 1 1 Technology and Strategy: What Are the Limits? 9 John F. Guilmartin, Jr. Part 1 The Pre-Industrial World, 1300–1800 2 Gunpowder Artillery in Europe, 1326–1500: Innovation and Impact 39 Clifford J. Rogers 3 To the Seas: The Genesis of Ship Rigging in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds 72 Sarah K. Douglas 4 The Lost World: Change and Continuity in Mughal Military Technology 83 Andrew de la Garza Part 2 19th Century Warfare 5 If You Can Be Seen, You Can Be Killed: The Technological Increase in Killing Zone during the American Civil War 103 Edward B. McCaul, Jr. 6 Without Experience or Precedent: Transformational Technology and the Light Draft Monitors 112 William Roberts x Contents 7 The Uganda Railway and the Fabrication of Kenya 133 Robert H. Clemm Part 3 The World Wars 8 German Technology and the Origins of World War ii in East Asia 157 Robyn Rodriguez 9 Freeman’s Folly: The Debate over the Development of the “Unarmed Bomber” and the Genesis of the de Havilland Mosquito, 1935–1940 176 Sebastian Cox 10 The Impact of Institutional Context: Anglo-American Naval Fire Control 204 Corbin Williamson 11 Strategy, Technology, and Timing: Aircraft, the Mediterranean Air War, and the Turning of the Tide in the European Theater 218 Robert S. Ehlers, Jr. Part 4 War Since 1945 12 The War Is Lost: Technological Surprise and the Collapse of Portugal’s Colonial Airpower Strategy, Guinea 1963–1974 259 Matthew M. Hurley 13 The Vicissitudes of Violence: Fear, Physiology, and Behavior under Fire 283 Edward Coss 14 Des Fusils Aux Idée: Technological Skepticism and Masculinity in the French Army, 1954–1962 304 William Waddell
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