Lockhart, Paul
Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare
- ISBN 13:
- 9781541672963
- author:
- Lockhart, Paul
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Basic Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 640
- Dimensions:
- 24.4 x 16.1 x 4.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Europe, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of military technology from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era, exploring five centuries of "firepower" that transformed the conduct of warfare in the West. During this period, the evolution of weaponry had a profound impact on the art of war, with gunpowder weapons at the close of the Middle Ages making military technology the largest single factor shaping tactics, strategy, and logistics. The driving force behind weapons development was the compulsion to make firepower more effective, leading to significant advances in metallurgy and chemistry. The advent of industrialization around 1870 marked a turning point, as only a handful of great powers could afford to manufacture their own weapons by the start of World War I. This revolution in military technology had far-reaching consequences, significantly reducing the number of nations that could act assertively in international politics and altering the structure of power in the West.
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