ABSTRACT

I a m going to discuss eight wars, some real and some hypothetical. Each war is supposed to be one technological revolution ahead of its predecessor; that is, the wars have been chosen sufficiently far apart to illustrate how strategy and tactics change as technology has changed in the past and may change in the future. Because the wars are supposed to occur “in real time,” they can also be used to illustrate certain real or hypothetical historical themes. The dates of the eight wars and their main themes are listed in Table 51.