War made new : technology, warfare, and the course of history, 1500 to today /
| Main Author: | Boot, Max, 1968- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Gotham Books,
c2006.
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| Online Access: |
Table of contents only Book jacket |
Table of Contents:
- 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.