War and Human Progress

by John U. Nef

Book Overview

This is in many respects perhaps the most important book that has been published recently. Its intellectual integrity, its humane pathos, its analytical force are exceptional. The title gives only an inadequate indication of the contents; it is at the same time an economic, technological, and cultural history of the rise of industrial civilization. This history is focused on the interconnection between war and industrial and technological progress--a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393004686
• ISBN13: 9780393004687
• Release Date: November 1968
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"