The War of Change

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This paper discusses how technology has changed much in the world today. The focus of the paper is on the changes in warfare due to the many diverse technological developments. The paper describes how, once, war used to be an intensely personal experience of one-on-one, close-range fighting. The latest modern warfare, which uses laser-guided bombs from high flying planes, nuclear threats, and more, has transformed war into a totally impersonal event.

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"Technology has changed all in our world. A letter that needed to traverse oceans by ship and perilous journey now makes its way from Sri Lanka to Sacramento in the blink of a few microchips and microseconds. Complicated life insurance amortizations that were calculated and stored in large, table-sized ledgers are now stored, calculated and even immortalized on CD-ROMs. War, too, has not escaped the swift but sure tide of technological change. War during World War I and the long and torrid history of battles before that fateful all-engulfing event had the distinct feeling and aura of a 17th century gentlemen's dispute via duel."

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