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American arsenal : a century of waging war
- Title
- American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.
- Author
- Coffey, Patrick.
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- 328 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Subject
- Military weapons > Research > History. > United States
- Military weapons > United States > History > 20th century
- Weapons systems > Technological innovations > History. > United States
- Inventors > United States > History > 20th century
- Military research > United States > Case studies
- History, Military > United States > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-1680
- ISBN
- 9780199959747 (hbk.)
- 0199959749 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013015070
- OCLC
- 841206045
- Author
- Coffey, Patrick.
- Title
- American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-1680