American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.
2014
U393 .C545 2014
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Title
American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.
Author
Coffey, Patrick.
ISBN
9780199959754 (electronic book)
9780199959747
9780199959747
Published
Oxford ; NewYork : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations
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U393 .C545 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
355.80973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.