Shervin Sadr
Beyond Shock and Awe
By Eric L. Haney
The United States has developed its warfare in all assets throughout the past 200 years. As time goes on, conflict arises, and compromises cannot always be made, leading to the inevitable outcome of war. America has encountered many wars, and in Eric Haney's analysis of the development of the U.S's war tactics, he breaks down how we have advanced in the realm of guerrilla warfare with each war we fight.
Haney, in assessing the need of technology to fight a war, says that the U.S in their early stages of war, such as in World War 1 "had the training and equipment to put up a fight" (19). He discusses how these changes in the necessity of being more advanced than your opponent, rather than just having the necessary resources to fight, to be able to win the war.
Haney discusses how with each additional war that the U.S has encountered, they have been more technologically advanced, with new weapon development, such as the atomic bomb in World War II, and this has been and will continue to be the case as the U.S gets involved in more wars. Haney also argues that the U.S has dedicated much of its spending on the military since WWII, to ensure they "achieve high levels of battle field competence"(54).
The modernization of warfare over the years is an interesting thought, as Haney considers the idea that the U.S has invested so much time, money and research on weapons to destroy others, in the pursuit of preserving peace. With each day that passes, and with each war the U.S encounters, technology will advance, and each war will be more advanced than the last.
This book is a very interesting view on the specifics of America's development on the battle field, and especially in testing labs. This is a great read for people intrigued by science, and technology as the technology touched on throughout the book seems too real to be true.
I personally feel as though the author does a great job emphasizing how much America invests in their military, and does and especially great job in peaking the reader's interest in the process and development of the weaponry the U.S has used over the years, showing that technology has reigned as the biggest decider of wars for the past 200 years.
The United States has developed its warfare in all assets throughout the past 200 years. As time goes on, conflict arises, and compromises cannot always be made, leading to the inevitable outcome of war. America has encountered many wars, and in Eric Haney's analysis of the development of the U.S's war tactics, he breaks down how we have advanced in the realm of guerrilla warfare with each war we fight.
Haney, in assessing the need of technology to fight a war, says that the U.S in their early stages of war, such as in World War 1 "had the training and equipment to put up a fight" (19). He discusses how these changes in the necessity of being more advanced than your opponent, rather than just having the necessary resources to fight, to be able to win the war.
Haney discusses how with each additional war that the U.S has encountered, they have been more technologically advanced, with new weapon development, such as the atomic bomb in World War II, and this has been and will continue to be the case as the U.S gets involved in more wars. Haney also argues that the U.S has dedicated much of its spending on the military since WWII, to ensure they "achieve high levels of battle field competence"(54).
The modernization of warfare over the years is an interesting thought, as Haney considers the idea that the U.S has invested so much time, money and research on weapons to destroy others, in the pursuit of preserving peace. With each day that passes, and with each war the U.S encounters, technology will advance, and each war will be more advanced than the last.
This book is a very interesting view on the specifics of America's development on the battle field, and especially in testing labs. This is a great read for people intrigued by science, and technology as the technology touched on throughout the book seems too real to be true.
I personally feel as though the author does a great job emphasizing how much America invests in their military, and does and especially great job in peaking the reader's interest in the process and development of the weaponry the U.S has used over the years, showing that technology has reigned as the biggest decider of wars for the past 200 years.
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