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

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Slaves, 59, 70, 102, 137, 152, 153, 156
Small arms, 36, 60, 95, 140, 141, 195,
236, 331, 358; breech loaders, 174,
235, 236; flintlocks, 141, 173; match­
locks, 128, 129, 141; muskets, 94, 128,
133, 137–40, 142, 160, 166, 173, 176,
177, 182, 195, 203, 231, 233, 235; re­
volvers, 233; rifles, 203, 231–37, 240,
242, 244, 250, 273, 322, 330, 358
Smith, A., 29
Smith, M. R., 234
Smoler, F. J., 106
Solferino, battle of, 244
Somme, battle of the, 325, 327, 330, 334
South Africa, 260
South America, 143, 241, 260
Southampton, 70
Space technology, 367, 369–72, 383
Spain, Spaniards, 21, 65, 78, 86, 91, 94,
95, 101, 102, 103, 108, 110, 111, 113,
118, 120, 124, 126, 128, 134, 142,
147; after 1659: 148, 149, 153, 179,
199, 203, 204, 235, 280, 292, 300, 302
Spandau, 167, 178
Spanish-Amencan War (1898), 280
Spanish Armada, 101–2
Spanish Succession, War of the, 111, 144,
148
“Speenhamland” system, 209
Speer, A., 353
Spencer, J. Poyntz, fifth earl, 276
Spices, 50, 51, 70, 152
Springfield, Mass., 233
Stalin, J., 352, 353, 356, 363, 366, 378
Stanley, J., 375
Stassen, H., 363
Stead, W. T., 262, 268
Steam engines, 212
Steamships, 212, 223, 225–26, 228. 257
Steel, 26–28, 31, 32, 33, 237, 238, 240,
255, 266, 268, 271, 273, 284, 289,
292, 294, 299, 300, 318, 320, 338. See
also Iron
Steensgaard, N., 52
Steinberg, J., 304
Stein, Baron Karl vom und zum, 164
Steppelands, 15–18, 38, 56, 60, 136, 153,



  1. See also Nomads; Pastoralism
    Stern, A. G., 320
    Steuben, Baron Friedrich von, 165
    Stirrups, 20, 80
    Stone, N., 329
    Strandmann, H. Pogge von, 301, 339
    Strasbourg, 186, 195


Submarines, 100, 282, 284, 302, 328,
331, 341, 342, 353, 357, 367, 371, 372
Sugar, 51, 152, 203
Sumatra, 51, 99, 187
Sumerians, 50, 126
Sumida, J. T., 298
Sun, E-tu Zen, and Sun, Shiou-Chuan,
37–38
Sung dynasty, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33. 35,
39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 52, 53, 59,
69, 261
Sung T’ai-Tse, 39
Sung Ying-Hsing, 37, 38
Supply, 2–6, 32, 34, 42, 74, 80, 108–9,
113–14, 121–23, 159–60, 163–64,
180–84, 194–97, 203–6, 242, 250, 251,
255, 256, 258, 273, 290, 318, 320–24,
327, 328–29, 338, 341–45, 349, 353,


  1. See also Finance
    Sweden, Swedes, 86, 87, 111, 118, 120,
    122–23, 134, 136, 147, 154, 156, 157,
    176, 235, 328
    Switzerland, Swiss, 83, 94, 118, 123, 126,
    135, 136, 318, 328
    Symcox, G., 163, 178, 180
    Syracuse, 171, 357
    Syrett, D., 184
    Syria, 17
    Szechuan, 27


Tactics, 10, 15–16, 18–20, 33–34, 42. 44,
58, 66, 68, 83, 94, 99–100, 123, 129,
134, 165, 172, 198, 204, 218, 235,
242, 244, 245, 251, 252, 273, 296,
318, 333, 334, 340
Taiping Rebellion (1850–64), 315
Tamotsu, S., 36
Tamurlane, 44
Tang, A. M., 26
T’ang dynasty, 25, 34
Tanks, 320, 322, 331–35, 350. 351, 352,
357, 358, 359, 362
Tao, Jing-shen, 35
Tarn, W. W., 70
Taxes, 4, 20–21, 28, 31, 41, 52, 54, 74,
78–79, 105, 106, 108–11, 139, 142,
143, 150, 151, 154, 161, 181, 199,
211, 247, 264, 270, 275–76. 288, 293,
299, 303, 304, 336, 343
Telegraph, 196, 248, 249, 252
Temple, J., 72
Tennant, J. E., 239
Terestchenko, S., 157
Thieret, F., 76
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