The Future of War
How technological change reshapes military order.
Freedman traces how successive waves of technology — from the machine gun to precision munitions to networks — transformed not just tactics but the entire political logic of war, including who fights it, what counts as victory, and where the boundaries of the battlefield lie. The argument matters beyond defense: the same pattern of asymmetric disruption applies to financial systems, where new technology repeatedly redraws the competitive landscape faster than incumbent institutions can adapt.