Title
American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.
ISBN
9780199959754 (e-book)
9780199959747
Publication
Oxford ; NewYork : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations
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Print version: Coffey, Patrick. American arsenal. Oxford ; NewYork : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Added to Catalog
January 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.