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American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coffey, Patrick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military weapons--Research--United States--History.
- Military weapons.
- Military weapons--United States--History--20th century.
- Weapons systems--Technological innovations--United States--History.
- Weapons systems.
- Inventors--United States--History--20th century.
- Inventors.
- Military research--United States--Case studies.
- Military research.
- Military history--United States--20th century.
- Military history.
- History.
- Weapons systems--Technological innovations.
- Military weapons--Research.
- United States.
- History, Military.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- 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 hydrdrogen bomb
- Missiles
- War games
- Four lessons from Vietnam
- Star Wars
- Smart bombs and drones
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199959747
- 0199959749
- OCLC:
- 841206045
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