American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; NewYork : Oxford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrationsISBN:- 9780199959754 (e-book)
- Inventors -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Military research -- United States -- Case studies
- Military weapons -- Research -- United States -- History
- Military weapons -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Weapons systems -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History
- United States -- History, Military -- 20th century
- 355.80973 23
- U393 .C545 2014
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Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 hydrogen bomb -- Missiles -- War games -- Lessons from Vietnam -- Star Wars -- Smart bombs and drones -- Epilogue.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.