Technology and the American Way of War

by Thomas G. Mahnken

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No nation in recent history has placed greater emphasis on the role of technology in planning and waging war than the United States. In World War II the wholesale mobilization of American science and technology culminated in the detonation of the atomic bomb. Competition with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, combined with the U.S. Navy's culture of distributed command and the rapid growth of information technology, spawned the concept of network-centric...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:023112337X

ISBN13:9780231123372

Release Date:June 2010

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Engineering History Military Military Science Military Sciences Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Science & Math Social Sciences Strategy Technology

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