 ... that efficiency, far from being simply conducive to effectiveness, can act as the opposite. Hence — and this is a point which cannot be overemphasized — the successful use of technology in war very often means that there is a price to be paid...  Old Lessons New Thoughts... - Page 10Full view - About this book
 | Martin Van Creveld - History - 2010 - 360 pages
...the teeth but also, and to an equal extent, on that of the spaces which separate them. In sum, since technology and war operate on a logic which is not only different but actually opposed, the conceptual framework that is useful, even vital, for dealing with the one should not be allowed... | |
 | Lauren H. Holland - History - 1997 - 304 pages
...develop our technology without wisdom or prudence our servant may prove to be our executioner."59 "Since technology and war operate on a logic which is not...less conducive to victory in war than to wage it on technical principles, an approach which . . . treats war merely as an extension of technology. . .... | |
 | Simeon Hein - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2002 - 210 pages
...are so highly valued in some spheres of modern society are a discreet disadvantage in another. Since technology and war operate on a logic which is not only different but opposed, nothing is less conducive to victory in war than to wage it on technological principles (p.... | |
 | David Edgerton - History - 2005 - 392 pages
...and Culture 35 (1994), 768-834. 6 Van Creveld for example is clear that there are differences: 'since technology and war operate on a logic which is not only different but actually opposed, the conceptual framework that is useful even vital for dealing with the one should not be allowed to... | |
 | 162 pages
...often means that there is a price to be paid in terms of deliberately diminishing efficiency. Since technology and war operate on a logic, which is not only different but actually opposed, the very concept of "technological superiority" is somewhat misleading when applied in the context... | |
 | 242 pages
...often means that there is a price to be paid in terms of deliberately diminishing efficiency. Since technology and war operate on a logic which is not only different but actually opposed, the very concept of "technological superiority" is somewhat misleading when applied in the context... | |
 | 204 pages
...the teeth but also, and to an equal extent, on that of the spaces which separate them. In sum, since technology and war operate on a logic which is not only different but actually opposed, the conceptual framework that is useful, even vital, for dealing with the one should not be allowed... | |
 | 306 pages
...often means that there is a price to be paid in terms of deliberately diminishing efficiency. Since technology and war operate on a logic which is not only different but actually opposed, the very concept of "technological superiority" is somewhat misleading when applied in the context... | |
 | Military readiness - 1993 - 214 pages
...often means that there is a price to be paid in terms of deliberately diminishing efficiency. Since technology and war operate on a logic, which is not only different but actually opposed, the very concept of "technological superiority" is somewhat misleading when applied in the context... | |
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