TY - BOOK AU - HACKER Barton C AU - VINING Margaret TI - American military technology: the life story of a technology SN - 0801887720 (pbk) : PY - 2007/// CY - Baltimore MD PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY KW - UNITED STATES KW - MILITARY TECHNOLOGY N2 - 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 ER -