American Military Technology - The Life Story of a Technology

Introduction vii Timeline xi Before Industrialization: Through the Early Nineteenth Century 1(18) Transition to the Industrial Age: Mid-Nineteenth Century 19(16) The Military-Technological Revolution: Late Nineteenth Century 35(14) The Naval-Technological Revolution and the Rise of Navalism: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 49(14) The Catastrophe of Industrial War: 1914-1918 63(16) From War to War: 1919-1941 79(14) The Climax of Mechanization: 1942-1945 93(16) Military Research Institutionalized: 1945-1951 109(14) Strategic Technologies Ascendant: 1952-1965 123(14) The Impact of Vietnam: 1965-1980 137(14) A New Era in Warfare?: 1980-2000 151(16) Glossary 167(6) Select Bibliography 173(18) Index 191