American military technology the life story of a technology

War is part of American history. This book examines how military technology both molded and reflected interactions between the American military and other American institutions. It also aims to provide a springboard for understanding the complex relationship of science, technology, and war in Americ...

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Main Authors: Hacker, Barton C. (Author), Vining, Margaret (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins University Press 2007
Series:Greenwood technographies
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505 0 |a Before industrialization : through the early nineteenth century -- Transition to the industrial age : mid-nineteenth century -- The military-technological revolution : late nineteenth century -- The naval-technological revolution and the rise of navalism : late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The catastrophe of industrial war : 1914-1918 -- From war to war : 1919-1941 -- The climax of mechanization : 1942-1945 -- Military research institutionalized : 1945-1951 -- Strategic technologies ascendant : 1952-1965 -- The impact of Vietnam : 1965-1980 -- A new era in warfare? : 1980-2000 
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