02579nam 2200661Ia 450 991081811720332120230829003432.00-674-02007-310.4159/9780674020078(CKB)1000000000787052(EBL)3300084(MiAaPQ)EBC3300084(DE-B1597)457533(OCoLC)1013948469(OCoLC)1029824830(OCoLC)1032677772(OCoLC)1037972616(OCoLC)1041979403(OCoLC)1046615133(OCoLC)1047017938(OCoLC)647823719(OCoLC)979752206(DE-B1597)9780674020078(Au-PeEL)EBL3300084(CaPaEBR)ebr10312789(OCoLC)842288486(EXLCZ)99100000000078705220050701d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDominance by design[electronic resource] technological imperatives and America's civilizing mission /Michael AdasCambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20061 online resource (480 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-03216-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-514) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN -- 1. "ENGINS" IN THE WILDERNESS -- 2. MACHINES AND MANIFEST DESTINY -- 3. ENGINEERS' IMPERIALISM -- 4. FOUNDATIONS OF AN AMERICAN CENTURY -- 5. IMPOSING MODERNITY -- 6. MACHINES IN THE VIETNAM QUAGMIRE -- 7. TECHNOWAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF -- EPILOGUE: THE PARADOX OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUPREMACY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEXTechnologyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryTechnological innovationsUnited StatesHistoryPolitical messianismUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations20th centuryUnited StatesTerritorial expansionTechnologyHistoryTechnological innovationsHistory.Political messianism327.73/009/04ML 5740rvkAdas Michael1943-242682MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818117203321Dominance by design4095199UNINA