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- catalog abstract ""In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow -- banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another -- to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the seventeenth century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the twentieth. His central argument is that a commercial transformation of world society in the eleventh century caused military activity to respond increasingly to market forces as well as to the commands of rulers. Only in our own time, suggests McNeill, are command economies replacing the market control of large-scale human effort. The Pursuit of Power does not solve the problems of the present, but its discoveries, hypotheses, and sheer breadth of learning do offer a perspective on our current fears and, as McNeill hopes, 'a ground for wiser action'."--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b1184262.
- catalog contributor b1184263.
- catalog created "1982.".
- catalog date "1982".
- catalog date "1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1982.".
- catalog description ""In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us. McNeill moves with equal mastery from the crossbow -- banned by the Church in 1139 as too lethal for Christians to use against one another -- to the nuclear missile, from the sociological consequences of drill in the seventeenth century to the emergence of the military-industrial complex in the twentieth. His central argument is that a commercial transformation of world society in the eleventh century caused military activity to respond increasingly to market forces as well as to the commands of rulers. Only in our own time, suggests McNeill, are command economies replacing the market control of large-scale human effort. The Pursuit of Power does not solve the problems of the present, but its discoveries, hypotheses, and sheer breadth of learning do offer a perspective on our current fears and, as McNeill hopes, 'a ground for wiser action'."--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "1. Arms and Society in Antiquity --- 2. The Era of Chinese Predominance, 1000-1500 --- 3. The Business of War in Europe, 1000-1600 --- 4. Advances in Europe's Art of War, 1600-1750 --- 5. Strains on Europe's Bureaucratization of Violence, 1700-1789 --- 6. The Military Impact of the French Political and the British Industrial Revolutions, 1789-1840 --- 7. The Initial Industrialization of War, 1840-84 --- 8. Intensified Military-Industrial Interaction, 1884-1914 --- 9. World Wars of the Twentieth Century --- 10. The Arms Race and Command Economies since 1945 --- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 405 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226561577".
- catalog identifier "0226561585 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1982".
- catalog issued "1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog subject "Military art and science History.".
- catalog subject "Military history, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Military history, Modern.".
- catalog subject "U37 .M38 1982".
- catalog subject "World politics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Arms and Society in Antiquity --- 2. The Era of Chinese Predominance, 1000-1500 --- 3. The Business of War in Europe, 1000-1600 --- 4. Advances in Europe's Art of War, 1600-1750 --- 5. Strains on Europe's Bureaucratization of Violence, 1700-1789 --- 6. The Military Impact of the French Political and the British Industrial Revolutions, 1789-1840 --- 7. The Initial Industrialization of War, 1840-84 --- 8. Intensified Military-Industrial Interaction, 1884-1914 --- 9. World Wars of the Twentieth Century --- 10. The Arms Race and Command Economies since 1945 --- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "The pursuit of power : technology, armed force, and society since A.D. 1000 / William H. McNeill.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".