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Weapon of choice: small arms and the culture of military innovation

By Matthew , Ford

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press;Hurst & Company
Year
2017
ISBN
9780190623869, 0190623861, 9781849046503, 1849046506
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
500 kB (511696 bytes)
Pages
248\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
ArmasSistemas de;Firearms;Firearms--History--20th centu

Description

Introduction: from my cold, dead hands -- Technology and culture guns and innovation -- Engineering the battlefield: defining the requirement -- The science of killing -- The bureaucracy as battlefield -- Alliance politics and NATO standardization: interests, power, rationality --Is it Gucci? Industry, status anxiety and the FN Minimi --From the mundane to the sophisticated: military Innovation studies and the question of power. Introduction: from my cold, dead hands -- Technology and culture guns and innovation -- Engineering the battlefield: defining the requirement -- The science of killing -- The bureaucracy as battlefield -- Alliance politics and NATO standardization: interests, power, rationality --Is it Gucci? Industry, status anxiety and the FN Minimi --From the mundane to the sophisticated: military Innovation studies and the question of power.

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