LEADER 02579nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910778172203321 005 20230829003432.0 010 $a0-674-02007-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674020078 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787052 035 $a(EBL)3300084 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300084 035 $a(DE-B1597)457533 035 $a(OCoLC)1013948469 035 $a(OCoLC)1029824830 035 $a(OCoLC)1032677772 035 $a(OCoLC)1037972616 035 $a(OCoLC)1041979403 035 $a(OCoLC)1046615133 035 $a(OCoLC)1047017938 035 $a(OCoLC)647823719 035 $a(OCoLC)979752206 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674020078 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312789 035 $a(OCoLC)842288486 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787052 100 $a20050701d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDominance by design$b[electronic resource] $etechnological imperatives and America's civilizing mission /$fMichael Adas 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (480 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-03216-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [419]-514) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN -- $t1. "ENGINS" IN THE WILDERNESS -- $t2. MACHINES AND MANIFEST DESTINY -- $t3. ENGINEERS' IMPERIALISM -- $t4. FOUNDATIONS OF AN AMERICAN CENTURY -- $t5. IMPOSING MODERNITY -- $t6. MACHINES IN THE VIETNAM QUAGMIRE -- $t7. TECHNOWAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF -- $tEPILOGUE: THE PARADOX OF TECHNOLOGICAL SUPREMACY -- $tABBREVIATIONS -- $tNOTES -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINDEX 606 $aTechnology$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTechnological innovations$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical messianism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xTerritorial expansion 615 0$aTechnology$xHistory 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical messianism 676 $a327.73/009/04 686 $aML 5740$2rvk 700 $aAdas$b Michael$f1943-$0242682 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778172203321 996 $aDominance by design$93718359 997 $aUNINA