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

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Spanish, 91–94, 107–8, 110; steppe,
15–16, 58–60; Swedish, 122–23; U.S.,
165, 232, 255, 343, 344, 375
Armor, personal, 1, 2, 18, 28, 32, 38, 58,
63, 75, 80
Arms manufacture, 1–2, 9–10, 12, 63; of
artillery, eighteenth-century advances
in, 166–72, 115–78; in China, 27,
37–40, 61; in Crimean War, small arms
mass production, 232–41, 247, 253; in
French revolutionary wars, 194–96,
202–3, 211, 213; in gunpowder revo­
lution, 80–81, 83–88, 113; standard­
ization of, in seventeenth century,
140–42; of steel artillery, 255, 262–74,
276, 285, 289–94, 299–304; in World
War I, 318–27, 329–35, 338–41; in
World War II, 349–50, 353–60, 370,
380
Arms races, 70,'SO, 87–95, 173, 178–79,
262–306, 350–51, 361, 366^75,
380–84, 385
Arms trade, 27–28, 58, 80, 86–87, 113,
121–23, 236, 240, 241, 270, 278,
289–94, 299–302, 375
Armstrong, William, 238–41, 256, 259,
271, 285, 297
Armstrong’s, 262, 263, 272, 274, 278,
279, 281, 290, 293, 299
Arsenals, 160, 167, 176, 195, 213, 232,
233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241,
255, 262, 265, 268, 270, 271, 272,
273, 279, 290, 319, 320, 322. See also
under individual names
Artillery, 70, 118, 125, 163, 166, 217,
219, 240, 251, 255, 262, 322, 330,
340, 358; antitank, 340; coast, 271;
held, 118, 123, 160, 161, 170–75, 179,
194, 197, 220, 238, 242, 244, 245,
255, 273, 300, 305, 319, 325, 330;
naval, 42, 95. 99–102, 179, 205, 211,
226, 228, 230, 241, 264–68, 271,
279–81, 284, 294; siege, 39, 81, 83–99,
112, 147, 174. See also Cannon
Art of war, 68, 69, 95, 120, 123, 128,
158–64, 253, 256
Ashworth, W., 285
Asia Minor, 12, 15, l^7
Assyria, Assyrians, 2, 13, 14, 15, 18, 22,
58, 148
Aston, T., 136
Athens, 158
Atlantic Ocean, 54, 99–102, 145, 152,
153, 225, 232, 242, 263


Atomic weapons, 359, 360, 361, 364,
366–67, 371–73, 374–75, 382, 383
Aube, H. L. T., admiral, 264
Aubin, F., 39
Augsburg, 70
Australia, 147, 260, 263
Austria, Austrians: and French revolution,
191, 197, 198, 201, 210, 214, 215,
219; in nineteenth century, 231, 236,
241, 243–44, 247, 249, 250, 284, 297,
306; Old Regime, 125, 139, 146, 147,
148, 153, 155, 161, 162, 165, 173; in
World War I, 312. See also Hapsburg
Empire
Austrian Succession, War of, 155, 161,
163, 165
Austro-Prussian War (1866), 218
Ayalon, D., 137
Aztecs, 148

Babur, emperor, 98
Babylonia, 13
Bahamas, 277
Baker, N., 184
Baker, W. A., 225
Balaclava, battle of, 231
Balazs, Stefan (Etienne), 26, 31, 53
Balkans, 65, 67, 76, 136, 300, 314
Balkan Wars, 305
Baltic, 65, 71, 157, 180, 181, 303
Bamford, P. W., 181
Bank of England, 178, 180, 181, 183
Banks, bankers, 72, 87, 103, 105, 111,
114, 176, 180, 287, 291, 300, 301,


  1. See also Finance
    Barbour, V., 160
    Barcelona, 67
    Barnard, N., 36
    Barnes, E. C., 296
    Bartlett, C. J., 226, 228, 260
    Barton, G. A., 2
    Bastille, 188, 189
    Bastions, 90, 93
    Baugh, D. A., 151, 181
    Baxter, J. P., 228, 358
    Bay ley, C. C., 73
    Bayonet, ring, 141, 173
    Bean, R., 105
    Beard, E., 367
    Beatty, Lord, admiral, 298
    Beeler, J., 20
    Befreiungskrieg (1813–14), 201, 246

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