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According to historians Williamson Murray and Macgregor Knox in their writings on World War I, technology has made war "exponentially more complex."
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According to historians Williamson Murray and Macgregor Knox in their writings on World War I, technology has made war "exponentially more complex." As scientific developments and weapons systems improve, warfare demands "fresh thought and ever-greater tactical, technical, and logistical expertise" (dynamics, p 176-77). In other words, improvements in technology lie at the heart of a changing nature of warfare. In the period between 1000 and 1600 AD, three groups of technological improvements, above all, dictated the changing face of warfare: first, the improvement and increasing complexity of the offensive weapons themselves, as shown through the longbow; second, the change in defensive strategies and idea technology, seen through changes in defensive fortifications; and third, the indirect effects on war caused by technological improvements unrelated to war in their immediate nature, exemplified by the invention of the printing press. There are indeed many other examples of technological changes that fit...
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