【内容简介】
本书主要阐释了技术与战争之间相互作用的模式，介绍了历史上改变战争走向的诸多重大发明，比如筑墙、战车、迅捷灵活的战列舰、火药，☆后是飞机、火箭、潜艇、简易爆炸装置和核武器。进入21世纪后，科学与工程的研究在不断改变着战争，同时也产生了无数的技术创新，但即便是现在，☆新、☆好的技术也不能确保胜利。在计算机、无人机和机器人系统的时代，罗兰提醒我们，尽管军事技术正以前所未有的速度持续变革，但其背后遵循的原则和模式并未改变。本书充满了战斗的戏剧性描述和军事心理学的深刻洞见，透过战争技术的万花筒向我们展现了不一样的人类历史。
【作者简介】
亚历克斯·罗兰美国杜克大学历史系荣休教授，撰写了多部关于军事史和技术史的著作，其中包括《战略计算：寻找机器智能，1983—1993》和《船之道：美国海军史，1600—2000》等。
【序言作者简介】
陈仲丹南京大学历史学院世界史教授、博士生导师，中国人民解放军预备役上校，国防部和南京市的国防教育专家库成员，主要研究方向为英国与英联邦史、世界文化史、海外汉学、世界和平学等，著有《图说兵器战争史：从刀矛到核弹》《太平洋战场》等
【 Content Introduction 】
This book explains the pattern of interaction between technology and war, and describes the major inventions that changed the course of war in history, such as the building of walls, the tank, the fast and agile battleship, gunpowder, and later airplanes, rockets, submarines, improvised explosive devices, and nuclear weapons. In the 21st century, scientific and engineering research has transformed warfare and produced countless technological innovations, but even now, new and good technology does not guarantee victory. In the age of computers, drones, and robotic systems, Rowland reminds us that while military technology continues to change at an unprecedented rate, the principles and patterns behind it have not. Full of dramatic descriptions of battle and profound insights into military psychology, this book presents us with a different human history through the kaleidoscope of warfare techniques.
【 About the author 】
Alex Rowland, professor emeritus of history at Duke University, is the author of several books on military history and the history of technology, including Strategic Computing: The Search for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993 and The Way of Ships: A History of the United States Navy, 1600-2000.
【 Introduction to the author 】
Chen Zhongdan is a professor of world history at the School of History of Nanjing University. He is a colonel in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Reserve and a member of the National Defense Education Expert Database of the Ministry of National Defense and Nanjing City. His research interests include British and Commonwealth history, world cultural history, overseas Sinology, and world Peace
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