American Military Technology

The Life Story of a Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8772-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

The growth of American engineering and science has affected military technology, organization, and practice from the colonial era to the present day—even as military concerns have influenced, and often funded, domestic engineering programs and scientific development. American Military Technology traces the interplay of technology and science with the armed forces of the United States in terms of what Hacker and Vining view as epochs: 1840–1865, the introduction of modern small arms, steam power, and technology, science, and medicine; 1900–1914, the naval arms race, torpedoes and submarines, and the signal corps and the airplane; and 1965–1971, McNamara's Pentagon, technology in Vietnam, guided missiles, and smart bombs.

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hacker, Barton C

Vining, Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Militär- und Verteidigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Timeline
1. Before Industrialization: Through the Early Nineteenth Century
2. Transition to the Industrial Age: Mid-Nineteenth Century
3. The Military-Technological Revolution: Late Nineteenth Century
4. The Naval-Technological Revolution and the Rise of Navalism: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
5. The Catastrophe of Industrial War: 1914-1918
6. From War to War: 1919-1941
7. The Climax of Mechanization: 1942-1945
8. Military Research Institutionalized: 1945-1951
9. Strategic Technologies Ascendant: 1952-1965
10. The Impact of Vietnam: 1965-1980
11. A New Era in Warfare? 1980-2000
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hacker, Barton C
Barton C. Hacker is the curator of military history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He has received the Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the Society for the History of Technology and several writing prizes. He has curated major military and naval exhibits at the Smithsonian.

Barton C. Hacker is the curator of military history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He has received the Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the Society for the History of Technology and several writing prizes. He has curated major military and naval exhibits at the Smithsonian. Margaret Vining is the curatorial specialist in military history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. She is also secretary-general of the U.S. Commission on Military History. She has curated or co-curated major exhibits on the G.I. in World War II, submarines in the Cold War, and West Point in the making of America.