Does New Technology Lead to War

Abstract

Discussion of new technologies leading to wars. Historical case studies are reviewed with four alternate responses suggesting that nations do not go to war when faced with an enemy having developed a new technology of such significance that the very nature of war might change. Conclusions are offered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198575

Entities

People

  • James John Tritten

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Case Studies
  • Governments
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Organizations
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Operations Research
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Ussr
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.