• Study Group on the History of Military Revolutions

  Staff:	Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies

  March 1, 2003 - Present

  This study group will result in a book that examines four major technological revolutions of the past 500 years (Gunpowder, Industrial, Mechanization, and Computerization) and how they transformed warfare and the international balance-of-power. For each military revolution, Mr. Boot will provide dramatic narratives of key conflicts—from the battle of the Spanish Armada to the recent war in Afghanistan—that highlight the effects of changing technologies on strategy. In addition, Mr. Boot applies the lessons of history to current dilemmas, examining crucial questions such as how long America’s military advantage will last, and what the United States can do to preserve its hegemony.

  This project has been made possible with the generous support from the following:

  Smith Richardson Foundation

  Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

  Randolph Foundation

  Roger and Susan Hertog

  The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

  Carnegie Corporation

  John M. Olin Foundation

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Section III: The Second Industrial Age

  Study Group Meeting

  
  October 19, 2004

  Related Project: Study Group on the History of Military Revolutions

  Panelist:	Paul Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, and Director of International Security Studies, Yale University
  Speaker:	Max Boot, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

   

  Section II: The Industrial Revolution

  Study Group Meeting

  
  May 19, 2004

  Related Project: Study Group on the History of Military Revolutions

  Panelist:	Paul Kennedy
  Speaker:	Max Boot

  Contact Victoria Thompson at (212) 434-9668 or vthompson@cfr.org

   

  Section I: Gunpowder Revolution

  Study Group Meeting

  
  October 15, 2003

  Related Project: Study Group on the History of Military Revolutions

  Panelist:	Paul Kennedy, Yale University
  Speaker:	Max Boot

  Contact Victoria Thompson at 212-434-9668 or vthompson@cfr.org

   

  The History of Military Revolutions

  Study Group Meeting

  
  March 4, 2003

  Related Project: Study Group on the History of Military Revolutions

  Presider:	Paul Kennedy, Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University
  Speaker:	Max Boot, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

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