21陈伯江大校专栏第二次浪潮战争

19SecondWaveWarTheindustrialrevolutionlaunched1theSecondWaveofhistoricalchange.That“wave”transformedthewaymillionsofpeoplemadealiving.Andwaroncemoremirrored2thechangesinwealthcreationandwork.Justasmassproductionwasthecoreprincipleofindustrialeconomies,massdestructionbecamethecoreprincipleofindustrial-agewarfare3.Itremainsthehallmark4ofSecondWavewar.Startingwiththelate1600s,whenthesteamenginewasintroducedtopumpwateroutofBritishmines,whenNewton5transformedscience,whenDescartes6rewrotephilosophy,whenfactoriesbegantodottheland,whenindustrialmassproductionbegantoreplacepeasant-basedagricultureintheWest,war,too,becameprogressivelyindustrialized.Massproductionwasparalleled7bytheconscription8ofmassarmiespaidbyandloyalnottothelocallandowner,clan9leader,orwarlord,buttothemodernnation-state.Thedraft10wasnotnew,buttheideaofawholenationin