American Military Technology: The Life Story of a Technology

by Barton C. Hacker and Margaret Vining

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801887720
• ISBN13: 9780801887727
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"