The War Machines

Author : Danny Hoffman
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822350777
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Machines written by Danny Hoffman and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Raymond Patrick O'Mara
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1682477495
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rise of the War Machines written by Raymond Patrick O'Mara and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II. Raymond P. O’Mara builds a conceptual model of humans, machines, and doctrine that demonstrates a distinctly new way of waging warfare in human-machine teams. Specifically, O’Mara examines how the U.S. Army’s quest to control the complex technological and doctrinal system necessary to execute the strategic bombing mission led to the development of automation in warfare. Rise of the War Machines further explores how the process of sharing both physical and cognitive control of the precision bombing system established distinct human-machine teams with complex human-to—human and human-to-machine social relationships. O’Mara presents the precision bombing system as distinctly socio-technical, constructed of interdependent specially trained roles (the pilot, navigator, and bombardier); purpose-built automated machines (the Norden bombsight, specialized navigation tools, and the Minneapolis-Honeywell C-1 Autopilot); and the high-altitude, daylight bombing doctrine, all of which mutually shaped each other’s creation and use.

Author : James Rouch
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1612329284
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Machines written by James Rouch and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Manuel De Landa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War in the Age of Intelligent Machines written by Manuel De Landa and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Timothy Moy
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441044
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Machines written by Timothy Moy and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American military establishment is intimately tied to its technology, although the nature of those ties has varied enormously from service to service. The air force evokes images of pilots operating hightech weapons systems, striking precisely from out of the blue to lay waste to enemy installations. The fundamental icon for the Marine Corps is a wave of riflemen hitting the beaches from rugged landing craft and slogging their way ashore under enemy fire. How did these very different relationships with technology develop? During the interwar years, from 1920 to 1940, leaders from the Army Air Corps and the Marine Corps recreated their agencies based on visions of new military technologies. In War Machines, Timothy Moy examines these recreations and explores how factors such as bureaucratic pressure, institutional culture, and America's technological enthusiasm shaped these leaders' choices. The very existence of the Army Air Corps was based on a new technology, the airplane. As the Air Corps was forced to compete for money and other resources during the years after World War I, Air Corps leaders carved out a military niche based on hightech precision bombing. The Marine Corps focused on amphibious, firstwave assault using sturdy, graceless, and easytoproduce landing craft. Moy's astute analysis makes it clear that studying the processes that shaped the Army Air Corps and Marine Corps is fundamental to our understanding of technology and the military at the beginning of the twentyfirst century.

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Publisher : Marvel
ISBN 13 : 9780785161882
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book X-Men written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domino has discovered a dark secret in the heart of Eastern Europe. A border dispute threatens to spread into an international incident. The leaders of Puternicstan have an army of black-market Sentinels, and they're ready to take the fight to neighbors Latveria and Symkaria! Storm leads a strike team of Utopia's most powerful mutants - Warpath, Psylocke, Colossus and Jubilee - to rescue Domino and scuttle the Sentinels. But standing between the X-Men and their mission is the iron man known as War Machine. NATO seeks to block the team's incursion - sparking a three-way war between the mutants, War Machine and a Sentinel army dangerously close to igniting World War III! COLLECTING: X-MEN 20-23, X-MEN (1963) 14

Author : Sneed Collard
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN 13 : 164369815X
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology Forces written by Sneed Collard and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious About The Latest Military Technology? Learn About The High Tech Field Of Drones And Robotic Warfare! Integrates Text Features Such As Maps And Timelines.

Author : DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0241325390
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machines of War written by DK and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Charlie Samuels
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1433985918
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Machines and Weaponry of the Cold War written by Charlie Samuels and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war that never saw a true battle had some of the most impressive weapons in military history—on both sides. In this exciting series, readers take a look at the science behind the United States’ Cold War with the Soviet Union, a decades-long buildup of warheads and weapons that ended without a battle fought. Full-color photographs will introduce readers to the tanks, missiles, and airplanes that Soviets and Americans amassed over the years. Firsthand accounts from soldiers who developed and operated these weapons will help readers understand how the development and application of technology can mean the difference between winning and losing the biggest battles in history.

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Publisher : Marvel
ISBN 13 : 9780785199410
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something is rotten in the house of Stark, and Tony must delve into the nooks and crannies of his international organization to find out what. War Machine and Iron Man team up to stop a brand-new technological threat - with a little help from a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Tony and Rhodey may be best buds on and off the battlefield, but their relationship is tested like never before as new power players reveal themselves in a bloody and dangerous fashion! And, as tragedy sets the Marvel Universe on the road to Civil War II, Tony will face an emotional confrontation with some of his closest and dearest friends! COLLECTING: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN 6-11