American Military Technology : The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood Technographies)

Hacker, Barton C./ Vining, Margaret

Greenwood Pub Group（2006/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 205 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780313333088
• DDC分類 623.0973

基本説明

With the assistance of Margaret Vining, both of Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Full Description

War is part of American history. This book examines how military technology both molded and reflected interactions between American military institutions and other American institutions. The growth of engineering and science has reshaped military technology, organization, and practice from the Colonial era to the present day. At the same time, military concerns influenced, and and sometimes channeled, American engineering and scientific development.

American Military Technology chronicles the interactions of technology and science with America's armed forces from colonial times to the end of the 20th century. Each period of the nation's history brought new and influential changes to the interaction of the military and technology.

The book is an excellent springboard for understanding the complex relationship of science, technology, and war in American history.

Contents

Introduction Before Industrialization: Through the Early 19th Century Transition to the Industrial Age: Mid-19th Century Military-Technological Revolution: Late 19th Century The Naval-Technological Revolution and the Rise of Navalism: Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries Catastrophe of Industrial War, 1914-1918 From War to War, 1919-1941 Climax of Mechanization, 1942-1945 Military Research Institutionalized, 1945-1951 Strategic Technologies Ascendant, 1952-1965 The Impact of Vietnam, 1965-1980 A New Era in Warfare? 1980-2000 Selected Readings