TR3.5

Effects of IR on Warfare

Houjun Liu 2021-09-27 Mon 12:00

1 The Effect of Industrial Revolution on Warfare

@Kennedy KBhHIST201MasonAndKennedy

Industrial/technical change affected war outcome more than finances

  • War's emphasis was placed on wining fast instead of long-term mobilization + revenue => CLAIM rending finances less important

Modern technology increased the rate of fire + created the invention of light field artillery.

  • Prevented the indigenous people from fighting back using the old technology
  • European seapower could extend inland, and eventually lead to the Opium War
  • Some in the middle east was able to adopt the European fighting technique, but China, for instance, could not
  • The "gunpower gap" created that nations would have hundreds of times the capacity to fight compared to they did before