American military technology: the life story of a technology / Barton C. Hacker, with the assistance of Margaret Vining.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007Description: xxi, 205 pages : illustrationISBN:
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Subject(s): Summary: History of the development of technology showing that despite the demands produced by times of war military technology was and is always evolving. The book notes the extensive interaction and flow of ideas in both directions between military and civilian society and covers concepts as well as technologies. Arranged chronologically from pre-industrial 19th century to the late 20th. Includes short biographical notes on many important figures some well known some not.
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History of the development of technology showing that despite the demands produced by times of war military technology was and is always evolving. The book notes the extensive interaction and flow of ideas in both directions between military and civilian society and covers concepts as well as technologies. Arranged chronologically from pre-industrial 19th century to the late 20th. Includes short biographical notes on many important figures some well known some not.

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