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UNINA9910453765603321 |
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Autore |
Coffey Patrick |
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Titolo |
American arsenal : a century of waging war / / Patrick Coffey |
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Oxford ; ; NewYork : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
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0-19-934172-9 |
0-19-995975-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Inventors - United States - History - 20th century |
Military research - United States |
Military weapons - Research - United States - History |
Military weapons - United States - History - 20th century |
Weapons systems - Technological innovations - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
United States History, Military 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Edison at war -- Gassing the senator -- Mitchell's war in three dimensions -- The bombsight -- Precision bombing tested -- Napalm -- The switch -- The atomic bomb -- The weapon not used -- The Cold War and the hydrogen bomb -- Missiles -- War games -- Lessons from Vietnam -- Star Wars -- Smart bombs and drones -- Epilogue. |
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When America declared war on Germany in 1917, the United States had only 200,000 men under arms, a twentieth of the German army's strength, and its planes were no match for the German air force. Less than a century later, the United States today has by far the world's largest military budget and provides over 40% of the world's armaments. In American Arsenal Patrick Coffey examines America's military transformation from an isolationist state to a world superpower. Focusing on fifteen specific developments, Coffey illustrates the unplanned, often haphazard nature of this transformation, which h |
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UNINA9910135889303321 |
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Pharmacy education |
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Malaysia, : Gordon and Breach Pub. Group, 2000- |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (volumes) |
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Pharmacy - Study and teaching |
Clinical pharmacology - Study and teaching |
Education, Pharmacy |
Pharmacie - Étude et enseignement |
Pharmacologie clinique - Étude et enseignement |
Periodicals. |
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Periodico |
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Refereed/Peer-reviewed |
Title from contents screen (Informaworld, viewed Mar. 29, 2007). |
"An international journal for pharmaceutical education." |
Published by: Taylor & Francis, <2002>-2006; Informa UK Ltd., 2006- |
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