A review by mburnamfink
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A.D. 1000 by William H. McNeill

4.0

Do you think exploring all of military history might be a little ambitious? Yeah, but McNeill pulls it off, explaining how technology, markets, and command authority have combined again and again to win wars, and create modern society. If there's any weakness in the book, it's that it skims WW2 and the Cold War, and treats innovation and technology as an autonomous force, but for a comprehensive military history, it's amazing.