Editing Military technology (section)

==Further reading==
* [[Andrade, Tonio]]. ''The Gunpowder Age: China, military innovation, and the rise of the West in world history'' (Princeton UP, 2016).
* Black, Jeremy. ''Tools of War '' (2007) covers 50 major inventions. [https://www.amazon.com/Tools-War-Jeremy-Black/dp/1847240127/ excerpt]
* Boot, Max. ''War made new: technology, warfare, and the course of history, 1500 to today'' (Penguin, 2006).
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Arms and Armour | volume= 2 | pages = 582&ndash;590 }}
* [[Andrew Cockburn|Cockburn, Andrew]], 'The A-10 saved my ass' (review of [[Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.]], ''The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers'', Yale, May 2023, 549 pp., {{ISBN|978 0 300 23409 1}}), ''[[London Review of Books]]'', vol. 46, no.46 (21 March 2024), pp. 39–41. The reviewer gives many examples of the military superiority of granting low-level commanders decision-making initiative, over the most expensive and technologically-advanced weaponry. "Money is lavished on advanced weapons systems whose effectiveness is questionable, and which are vastly expensive to maintain.... At any one time, 40 per cent of the US navy's [[attack submarine]]s are out of commission for repairs.... Krepinevich... prefers to dwell on the urgent necessity of developing increasingly fantastical programmes: [[hypersonics]], [[genetic engineering]], [[quantum computing]] and of course [[AI]].... All the wonders of precision [[targeting (warfare)|targeting]] and comprehensive [[surveillance]] notwithstanding, the [[Houthi]] blockade of the [[Red Sea]] is as effectively disruptive as ever." (p. 41.)
* Dupuy, Trevor N. ''The evolution of weapons and warfare'' (1984), 350pp, cover 2000 BC to late 20th century.
* Ellis, John. ''The Social History of the Machine Gun'' (1986).
* Gabriel, Richard A., and Karen S. Metz. ''From Sumer to Rome: The Military capabilities of ancient armies'' (ABC-CLIO, 1991).
* {{cite journal | last1 = Hacker | first1 = Barton | year = 2005 | title = The Machines of War: Western Military Technology 1850–2000 | journal = History & Technology | volume = 21 | issue = 3| pages = 255–300 | doi=10.1080/07341510500198669| s2cid = 144113139 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Levy | first1 = Jack S | year = 1984 | title = The offensive/defensive balance of military technology: A theoretical and historical analysis | journal = International Studies Quarterly | volume = 28 | issue = 2| pages = 219–238 | doi=10.2307/2600696| jstor = 2600696 }}
* McNeill, William H. ''The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000'' (1984).
* Parker, Geoffrey. ''The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West'' (1988).
*  Steele, Brett D. and Tamara Dorland. ''Heirs of Archimedes: Science & the Art of War through the Age of Enlightenment'' (2005) 397 pp.

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