American arsenal : a century of waging war / / Patrick Coffey

• Autore: Coffey Patrick
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; NewYork : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.80973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States History, Military 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: American arsenal
• ISBN: 0-19-934172-9; 0-19-995975-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790779903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II