La introducción del artículo con el que estoy trabajando dice lo siguiente:
The Machines of War: Western Military Technology 1850–2000
From the standpoint of military technology, the 20th century divides between two eras. The
first half of the century saw the culmination of the mechanization of armed forces that had
begun midway through the previous century. During most of this period, European innovations
dictated the pace and direction of change. World War II changed all that. Europeans
became followers of military change driven by the arms race between the USA and the Soviet
Union. Two innovations, both largely products of World War II, dominated the second half
of the century but proceeded with surprisingly little interaction. One was the elaboration of
nuclear arsenals and their delivery systems. The other was the radical reconstruction of
conventional warfare through applied electronics, especially from the 1960s onward.
