This book examines Western military technological innovation
through the lens of developments in small arms during the twentieth
century. These weapons have existed for centuries, appear to have
matured only incrementally and might seem unlikely technologies for
investigating the trajectory of military-technical change. Their
relative simplicity, however, makes it easy to use them to map
patterns of innovation within the military- industrial complex.
Advanced technologies may have captured the military imagination,
offering the possibility of clean and decisive outcomes, but it is
the low technologies of the infantryman that can help us develop an
appreciation for the dynamics of military-technical change. Tracing
the path of innovation from battlefield to back office, and from
industry to alliance partner, Ford develops insights into the way
that small arms are socially constructed. He thereby exposes the
mechanics of power across the military- industrial complex. This in
turn reveals that shifting power relations between soldiers and
scientists, bureaucrats and engineers, have allowed the private
sector to exploit infantry status anxiety and shape soldier weapon
preferences. Ford's analysis allows us to draw wider conclusions
about how military innovation works and what social factors
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