The diffusion of military technology and ideas /
The diffusion of military technology and ideas / edited by Emily O. Goldman and Leslie C. Eliason. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003 - xx, 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Theoretical and comparative perspectives on innovation and diffusion / Leslie C. Eliason and Emily O. Goldman -- Heart of the Sepoy: the adoption and adaptation of European military practice in South Asia, 1740-1805 / John A. Lynn -- Armies of snow and armies of sand: the impact of Soviet military doctrine on Arab militaries / Michael J. Eisenstadt and Kenneth M. Pollack -- Cooperative diffusion through cultural similarity: the postwar Anglo-Saxon experience / Thomas-Durell Young -- Reflections on mirror images: politics and technology in the arsenals of the Warsaw Pact / Christopher Jones -- The diffusion of nuclear weapons / William C. Potter -- Revolution and counter-revolution: the role of the periphery in technological and conceptual innovation / Timothy D. Hoyt -- Military diffusion in nineteenth-century Europe: the Napoleonic and Prussian military systems / Geoffrey L. Herrara and Thomas G. Mahnken -- Beyond blitzkreig: Allied responses to combined-arms armored warfare during World War II / Thomas G. Mahnken -- Receptivity to revolution: carrier air power in peace and war / Emily O. Goldman -- Creating the enemy: global diffusion of the information technology-based military model / Chris D. Demchak -- Patterns of commercial diffusion / John Arquilla -- Conclusion: The diffusion of military technology and ideas, theory and practice / Emily O. Goldman and Andrew L. Ross.
0804745358 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804745352 (cloth : alk. paper)
military history--warfare--military balance--armed forces--military doctrines
emerging technologies--technology transfers--arms trade--nuclear weapons--proliferation
military technology--information technology--military research and development--military reforms--IW
RMA
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Theoretical and comparative perspectives on innovation and diffusion / Leslie C. Eliason and Emily O. Goldman -- Heart of the Sepoy: the adoption and adaptation of European military practice in South Asia, 1740-1805 / John A. Lynn -- Armies of snow and armies of sand: the impact of Soviet military doctrine on Arab militaries / Michael J. Eisenstadt and Kenneth M. Pollack -- Cooperative diffusion through cultural similarity: the postwar Anglo-Saxon experience / Thomas-Durell Young -- Reflections on mirror images: politics and technology in the arsenals of the Warsaw Pact / Christopher Jones -- The diffusion of nuclear weapons / William C. Potter -- Revolution and counter-revolution: the role of the periphery in technological and conceptual innovation / Timothy D. Hoyt -- Military diffusion in nineteenth-century Europe: the Napoleonic and Prussian military systems / Geoffrey L. Herrara and Thomas G. Mahnken -- Beyond blitzkreig: Allied responses to combined-arms armored warfare during World War II / Thomas G. Mahnken -- Receptivity to revolution: carrier air power in peace and war / Emily O. Goldman -- Creating the enemy: global diffusion of the information technology-based military model / Chris D. Demchak -- Patterns of commercial diffusion / John Arquilla -- Conclusion: The diffusion of military technology and ideas, theory and practice / Emily O. Goldman and Andrew L. Ross.
0804745358 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804745352 (cloth : alk. paper)
military history--warfare--military balance--armed forces--military doctrines
emerging technologies--technology transfers--arms trade--nuclear weapons--proliferation
military technology--information technology--military research and development--military reforms--IW
RMA