The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2023

The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs

Edited by: Mark Charles Fissel

Volume 3 in the series De Gruyter Studies in Military History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110661415

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About this book

The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs updates two central debates in military history--the one surrounding the concept of military revolution, and the one on military affairs--whilst advancing original research in both fields. Only a handful of publications consider the military revolution and the RMA in tandem. This book breaks new ground conceptually and appeals to an exceptionally large and diverse readership. Comparative revisionist studies of the military revolution and RMA better enable us to comprehend the historical continuum and reveal the new RMA for what it is. And for what it is shortly to become.

This book presents original contributions within the "epicentre" of the military revolution debate, the 1500s, with an emphasis on gunpowder revolution (offensively and defensively). The connections with the Revolution in Military Affairs are then made explicit by scholars, a practitioner, and an analyst, with an emphasis on airborne lethal autonomous weapons systems. This is a chronologically broad and unique methodological approach to a historical debate that begs for clarification as we enter an era where killer robots will almost certainly take from humans their monopoly on violence.

Author information

Mark Charles Fissel, Augusta University, GA, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface and Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Mark Charles Fissel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Difference in an Age of Parity: Technology and Global Military History Hyeok Hweon Kang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Gunpowder Revolution in the East of Europe and the Battle of Orsha, 1514 Aliaksandr Kazakou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
To Stop a Cannonball: Ottoman Fortress Design and Comparing Military Revolutions, 1350–1730 Wayne E. Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Firearms and Fieldworks: Military Transformation and the End of Gaelic Ireland James O’Neill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
A True Beast of Land and Water: The Gunpowder Mutation of Amphibious Warfare Vladimir Shirogorov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
From the Gunpowder Age Military Revolution to a Revolution in Military Affairs Mark Charles Fissel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
To Dream the Impossible Dream: Feasibility of Deliberate Government Guidance of Revolutions in Military Affairs Mark D. Mandeles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
The Dilemma of Human Interference in War: The Coming Revolution of Autonomous Air Warfare João Vicente Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Appendix: On the Cover Illustration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Military historians, professionals of the defense industry
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 471
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 25
- Coloured Illustrations: 23
- Tables: 7
- Coloured Line drawings: 1
Keywords: Asia; Europe; military history; military revolt

eBook

Published: December 5, 2022
ISBN: 9783110661415

Hardcover

Published: December 5, 2022
ISBN: 9783110657258