[PDF] Machines Of War eBook

Author : DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 39,45 MB
Release : 2017-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0241325390

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From ancient flint hand daggers to the futuristic M1A2 tanks of today, flip through a series of stunning visuals to discover the weapons and vehicles that have shaped the military world. With rich illustrations, striking photography, and inputs from experts, Machines of War presents the story of all forms of weaponry that have dominated the battlefield, right from the pre-industrial age to the 21st century. Get a close-up look at firearms, aircraft, tanks, warships, and learn about the invention, evolution, and progression of arms and armaments through the ages. Presenting weapons and vehicles in innovative detail, this one-of-a-kind reference book offers a unique perspective on military developments in the Industrial era, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the modern world. Readers will uncover intriguing aspects of the Gatling gun, the Spitfire fighter plane, the T-72 Tank and many more with virtual tours. Whether you're a history lover or a science buff, Machines of War is guaranteed to enthral you by putting you at the helm of war's most formidable weapons.

Author : Manuel De Landa
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN :

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The author aims to show how the emergence of intelligent and autonomous bombs and missiles equipped with artificial perception and decision-making capabilities represents a profound historical shift in the relation of human beings both to machines and to information.

Author : Danny Hoffman
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0822350777

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Based on ethnographic research among militias in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Danny Hoffman considers how young men are made available for violent labor on battlefields and in dangerous unregulated industries.

Author : Paula Findlen
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 35,24 MB
Release : 2019-05
Category : Renaissance
ISBN : 9780911221633

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Illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Leonardo's Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader," Stanford University Libraries, Green Library, May 2 - October 13, 2019.

Author : Tom DeLonge
Publisher : To The Stars
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1943272166

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For those who know... that something is going on... The witnesses are legion, scattered across the world and dotted through history, people who looked up and saw something impossible lighting up the night sky. What those objects were, where they came from, and who—or what—might be inside them is the subject of fierce debate and equally fierce mockery, so that most who glimpsed them came to wish they hadn’t. Most, but not everyone. Among those who know what they’ve seen, and—like the toll of a bell that can’t be unrung—are forever changed by it, are a pilot, an heiress, a journalist, and a prisoner of war. From the waning days of the 20th century’s final great war to the fraught fields of Afghanistan to the otherworldly secrets hidden amid Nevada’s dusty neverlands—the truth that is out there will propel each of them into a labyrinth of otherworldly technology and the competing aims of those who might seek to prevent—or harness—these beings of unfathomable power. Because, as it turns out, we are not the only ones who can invent and build...and destroy. Featuring actual events and other truths drawn from sources within the military and intelligence community, Tom DeLonge and A.J. Hartley offer a tale at once terrifying, fantastical, and perhaps all too real. Though it is, of course, a work of... fiction?

Author : Parragon
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : Military engineering
ISBN : 9781472371546

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From Egyptian war chariots to modern fighter jets, from land to air to sea, Land, Sea & Air explores the history and technology of combat vehicles, dissecting over 60 incredible battle-ready machines from throughout history, with 3-D cutaway illustrations.

Author : Simon Stålenhag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501181432

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NPR Best Books of 2018 A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Ready Player One and Black Mirror. In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside the car window seems to unravel at an ever faster pace, as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.

Author : Ronald Haycock
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0889207879

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Using examples from the last two centuries, this collection of essays discusses the close links between technology and war. In the opening essay, distinguished historian William H. McNeill demonstrates the extent to which military technology has often led to differentiations among people, both within and between societies. The other studies examine various aspects of weapons technology, drawing on the history of the armed forces of Britain, Prussia, and Australia, among others. Some of these illustrate how the adoption of new weaponry frequently depended as much on national pride and party politics as it did on the purely technical merits of the weapons involved; that financial considerations became increasingly primary in technological developments in British army after World War I; and that decisions made prior to 1939 about the aviation technology to be developed for military purposes largely determined what kind of the RAF was able to fight. The chapter by Dr. G.R. Lindsay, the Chief of the Operational Research and Analysis Establishment at the Department of National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, makes the case that, with nuclear weapons added to the scene, the impact of technology on international security has never been as great as at present, and that the competition of nations seeking the technological edge in weaponry threatens to destabilize the precarious balance that has existed since 1945.

Author : Jeff Somers
Publisher : Jeff Somers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Contains four previously published novellas: "The Black Wave," "The Last Mile," "The Ghost Fleet," and "The Salted Earth." Having fled Castelvecchio and the Archangel's forces, Avery Cates and crew have only one move left: To somehow locate and gain access to the Cochtopa facility. Buried under the mountains, that installation was a desperate apocalypse bunker set up in the final days of The System. All the data, equipment, and bullets Cates needs to destroy the Angels is there. So is any possibility of rebooting the human race before it's too late. Getting there won't be easy, and will reacquaint Cates with some people he'd rather not meet again. Across oceans, continents, and mountains, Cates watches his merry band of desperate world-savers shrink as he re-learns an old lesson from his Gunner days: The killing always falls to him.