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



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Autore: Coffey Patrick Visualizza persona
Titolo: American arsenal : a century of waging war / / Patrick Coffey Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-934172-9
0-19-995975-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790779903321
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