Torpedo : Inventing the military-industrial complex in the United States and Great Britain /

In a bold reappraisal, Katherine Epstein uncovers the origins of the "military-industrial complex" not in the Cold War but in the decades before WWI, as the United States and Great Britain struggled to perfect a crucial new weapon: the self-propelled torpedo. Torpedo R&D sparked intell...

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Main Author:	Epstein, Katherine C., 1982- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014 Cambridge, Massachusetts : [2014]
Subjects:	Great Britain > Royal Navy > Weapons systems > History > 20th century. United States > Navy > Weapons systems > History > 20th century. Great Britain > Royal Navy Great Britain > Royal Navy. United States > Navy United States > Navy. World War (1939-1945) Euro courses > Technological innovation 1900 - 1999 1900-1999 20th century Military-industrial complex > Great Britain > History > 20th century Military-industrial complex > United States > History > 20th century Torpedoes > Great Britain > Design and construction > History > 20th century Torpedoes > United States > Design and construction > History > 20th century Weapons systems > Technological innovation > Case studies Weapons systems > Technological innovations > Case studies World War, 1939-1945 > Equipment and supplies Armed Forces > Weapons systems Equipment and supplies History Military-industrial complex Torpedoes Weapons systems Weapons systems > Technological innovations Great Britain United States Case studies
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