Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945

Name: Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945
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ISBN: 9780231123372

ISBN-10: 023112337X

ISBN-13: 9780231123372

Edition: 2010

Authors: Thomas Mahnken

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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 conflicts in Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan have highlighted America's edge.From the atom bomb to the spy satellites of the Cold War, the strategic limitations of the Vietnam War, and…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 7/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.89" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English