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

Van Pelt Library U393 .C545 2014
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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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