The Dilemma of Human Interference in War: The Coming Revolution of Autonomous Air Warfare

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface and Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Difference in an Age of Parity: Technology and Global Military History 29
6. Gunpowder Revolution in the East of Europe and the Battle of Orsha, 1514 65
7. To Stop a Cannonball: Ottoman Fortress Design and Comparing Military Revolutions, 1350–1730 113
8. Firearms and Fieldworks: Military Transformation and the End of Gaelic Ireland 177
9. A True Beast of Land and Water: The Gunpowder Mutation of Amphibious Warfare 207
10. From the Gunpowder Age Military Revolution to a Revolution in Military Affairs 313
11. To Dream the Impossible Dream: Feasibility of Deliberate Government Guidance of Revolutions in Military Affairs 369
12. The Dilemma of Human Interference in War: The Coming Revolution of Autonomous Air Warfare 405
13. Appendix: On the Cover Illustration 447
14. List of Contributors 457
15. Index 459