War made new : weapons, warriors, and the making of the modern world /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Gotham Books,
c2006.
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| 100 | 1 | 4 | |a Boot, Max, |d 1968- |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a War made new : |b weapons, warriors, and the making of the modern world / |c Max Boot. |
| 260 | 1 | 4 | |a New York : |b Gotham Books, |c c2006. |
| 300 | 1 | 4 | |a 624 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill., maps ; |c 25 cm. |
| 500 | 1 | 4 | |a "A Council on Foreign Relations book"--Jacket. |
| 504 | 1 | 4 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-516) and index. |
| 505 | 1 | 4 | |a Sail and shot : the Spanish Armada, July 31-August 9, 1588 -- Missile and muscle : Breitenfeld and Lützen, September 17, 1631-November 16, 1632 -- Flintlocks and forbearance : Assaye, September 23, 1803 -- Rifles and railroads : Königgrätz, July 3, 1866 -- Maxim guns and dum dums : Omdurman, September 2, 1898 -- Steel and steam : Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905 -- Tanks and terror : France, May 10-June 22, 1940 -- Flattops and torpedoes : Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 -- Superfortresses and firebombs : Tokyo, March 9-10, 1945 -- Professionalism and precision : Kuwait and Iraq, January 17-February 28, 1991 -- Special forces and horses : Afghanistan, October 7-December 6, 2001 -- Humvees and I.E.D.s : Iraq, March 20, 2003-May 1, 2005 -- Revolutions to come. |
| 650 | 1 | 4 | |a Military history, Modern |
| 650 | 1 | 4 | |a Military art and science |x Technological innovations. |
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