The diffusion of military technology and ideas
By: edited by Emily O. Goldman and Leslie C. Eliason
Contributors: Goldman, Emily O., 1961-; Eliason, Leslie C., 1959-
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Military art and science -- Effect of technological innovations on -- History; Military history, Modern
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Theoretical and comparative perspectives on innovation and diffusion / Leslie C. Eliason and Emily O. Goldman; title: Heart of the Sepoy: the adoption and adaptation of European military practice in South Asia, 1740-1805 / John A. Lynn; title: Armies of snow and armies of sand: the impact of Soviet military doctrine on Arab militaries / Michael J. Eisenstadt and Kenneth M. Pollack; title: Cooperative diffusion through cultural similarity: the postwar Anglo-Saxon experience / Thomas-Durell Young; title: Reflections on mirror images: politics and technology in the arsenals of the Warsaw Pact / Christopher Jones; title: The diffusion of nuclear weapons / William C. Potter; title: Revolution and counter-revolution: the role of the periphery in technological and conceptual innovation / Timothy D. Hoyt; title: Military diffusion in nineteenth-century Europe: the Napoleonic and Prussian military systems / Geoffrey L. Herrara and Thomas G. Mahnken; title: Beyond blitzkreig: Allied responses to combined-arms armored warfare during World War II / Thomas G. Mahnken; title: Receptivity to revolution: carrier air power in peace and war / Emily O. Goldman; title: Creating the enemy: global diffusion of the information technology-based military model / Chris D. Demchak; title: Patterns of commercial diffusion / John Arquilla; title: Conclusion: The diffusion of military technology and ideas, theory and practice / Emily O. Goldman and Andrew L. Ross