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Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945

Hardcover • 2008 • English

Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945

By Thomas G. Mahnken

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About the book

No nation in recent history has placed greater emphasis on the role of technology in planning and waging war than the United States. In World War II the wholesale mobilization of American science and technology culminated in the detonation of the atomic bomb. Competition with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, combined with the U.S. Navy's culture of distributed command and the rapid growth of information technology, spawned the concept of network-centric warfare. And America's post-Cold War ...Show more

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9780231123365

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945

Format

Hardcover

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