?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1420%2F&rft.title=Technology+and+the+Era+of+the+Mass+Army&rft.creator=Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano&rft.creator=Scheve%2C+Kenneth&rft.creator=Stasavage%2C+David&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=We+investigate+how+technology+has+influenced+the+size+of+armies.+During+the+nineteenth+century+the+development+of+the+railroad+made+it+possible+to+field+and+support+mass+armies%2C+significantly+increasing+the+observed+size+of+military+forces.+During+the+late+twentieth+century%0D%0Afurther+advances+in+technology+made+it+possible+to+deliver+explosive+force+from+a+distance+and+with+precision%2C+making+mass+armies+less+desirable.+We+find+strong+support+for+our%0D%0Atechnological+account+using+a+new+data+set+covering+thirteen+great+powers+between+1600+and+2000.+Contrary+to+what+is+so+often+suggested%2C+we+find+little+evidence+that+the+French+Revolution+was+a+watershed+in+terms+of+levels+of+mobilization.&rft.publisher=IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2012-10&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1420%2F1%2FEIC_WP_2012_5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano+and+Scheve%2C+Kenneth+and+Stasavage%2C+David++Technology+and+the+Era+of+the+Mass+Army.++EIC+working+paper+series++%235%2F2012++++IMT+Institute+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++