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The Word and the Sword: How Techniques of Information and Violence

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The Word and the Sword: How Techniques of Information and Violence - Dudley, Leonard
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Dudley attempts to impose a pattern on the entire history of human civilization. He shows how the major transformations in the character of social life have been determined by eight significant innovations: four new ways of dealing with information - writing, printing, mass media and integrated circuits; and four new ways of organizing the applications of violence - metal weapons, artillery, steam transport and heavy cavalry. Military and informational technologies are so crucial because they are instrumental in holding ...

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The Word and the Sword: How Techniques of Information and Violence 1992, Wiley-Blackwell, Cambridge, MA

ISBN-13: 9781557862464

Hardcover