The Future of War in Its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Jan Bloch

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ISBN 10 : 1330244001 ISBN 13 : 9781330244005

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How modern warfare could redefine battle—and what that means for peace and risk.

This concise edition distills the core findings of a landmark six-volume work on the future of war, focusing on land forces, weapons, and strategy in the age of rapid-fire rifles, powerful artillery, and longer-range combat. This introduction summarizes why the author argues that war as we know it could become unsustainable. It blends historical insight with technical analysis, showing how advances in ammunition, powders, guns, and tactics could alter the balance between cavalry, infantry, and artillery.

• Explanations of how rifle fire, artillery, and ammunition advances could multiply casualties and change battlefield dynamics.
• Discussion of how improvements in range, accuracy, and firing rate affect formations, tactics, and command decisions.
• Analysis of cavalry’s evolving role in an era of modern firepower and heavy fortifications.
• Considerations of how these military shifts influence the feasibility of future wars.

Ideal for readers of military history and policy, this edition helps you grasp the practical implications of Bloch’s theories and why many scholars see war’s economics and technology as interlinked with global peace.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Future of War in Its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations

The death of M. Jean de Bloch, which occurred at Warsaw just as the year (1902) began, is a misfortune for the whole world. It is peculiarly so at this immediate juncture; for the imperative problem with the world at this time is how to get rid of war and substitute for it a rational way of settling international differences, and no other man in our time Has studied this problem so scientifically or contributed so much to its solution as Jean de Bloch. Indeed, I think it is not too much to say that M. Bloch was the most thorough and important student of the question of War in all its details and upon its many sides who has ever lived, and that his great book upon "The Future of War" will remain the chief armory from which the men of the twentieth century who are warring against war will continue to draw until their sure victory comes, and all national and international disputes are settled in the courts, as to-day personal disputes are settled.

I think that no book ever written in the cause of the peace and order of the world, save Hugo Grotius's great work alone, has rendered or is likely to render such influential practical service as Bloch's "Future of War," supplemented as it has been by his articles in the various reviews during the years since the work was first published.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330244001
• ISBN 13: 9781330244005
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 41
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