Torpedo

Inventing the Military-Industrial Complex in the United States and Great Britain

Katherine C. Epstein

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$52.00 • £41.95 • €47.00

ISBN 9780674725263

Publication Date: 01/02/2014

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328 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

11 halftones, 1 graph

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Introduction
1. America’s Weapons of the Weak
2. Britain’s Weapons of the Strong
3. The US Navy and the Emergence of Command Technology
4. The Royal Navy and the Quest for Reach
5. Command Technology on Trial in the United States
6. A Very Bad Gap in Britain
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Archival Sources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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