The Pursuit of Power. Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000

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7 The Initial Industrialization of War,

1840–

Commercial and National Armaments Rivalries 224

A New Paradigm: The Prussian Way of War 242

Global Repercussions 256

223

8 Intensified Military-Industrial Interaction,

1884–

Decay of Britain’s Strategic Position 262

Emergence of the Military-Industrial Complex in Great Britain 269

Naval Armament and the Politicization of Economics 285

The Limits of Rational Design and Management 294

International Repercussions 299

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9 World Wars of the Twentieth Century

Balance of Power and Demography in

World Wars I and II 308

Managerial Metamorphosis in World War I:

First Phase, 1914–16 317

Managerial Metamorphosis in World War I:

Second Phase, 1916–18 330

Interwar Reaction and Return to Managed Economies

during World War II 345

307

(^10) The Arms Race and Command Economies since 1945 362
Conclusion
Index 389