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Author:
Coffey, Patrick.
Title:
American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
328 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subject:
Military weapons--History.--United States--History.
Military weapons--United States--History--20th century.
Weapons systems--History.--United States--History.
Inventors--United States--History--20th century.
Military research--United States--Case studies.
History, Military--United States--20th century.
Case studies.
History.
1900 - 1999
History, Military.
Inventors.
Military research.
Military weapons.
Military weapons--Research.
Weapons systems--Technological innovations.
United States.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
0199959749 (hbk.)
9780199959747 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)841206045
LCCN:
2013015070
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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