03074nam 22006731 450 991045376560332120200520144314.00-19-934172-90-19-995975-7(CKB)2550000001159464(EBL)1561213(OCoLC)863042951(SSID)ssj0001040031(PQKBManifestationID)12453095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040031(PQKBWorkID)10991209(PQKB)10508682(MiAaPQ)EBC1561213(Au-PeEL)EBL1561213(CaPaEBR)ebr10796870(CaONFJC)MIL542668(EXLCZ)99255000000115946420130411h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican arsenal a century of waging war /Patrick CoffeyOxford ;NewYork :Oxford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-995974-9 1-306-11417-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 hInventorsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMilitary researchUnited StatesCase studiesMilitary weaponsResearchUnited StatesHistoryMilitary weaponsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWeapons systemsTechnological innovationsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesHistory, Military20th centuryElectronic books.InventorsHistoryMilitary researchMilitary weaponsResearchHistory.Military weaponsHistoryWeapons systemsTechnological innovationsHistory.355.80973Coffey Patrick956374MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453765603321American arsenal2165383UNINA