American arsenal : a century of waging war / Patrick Coffey.

Author: Coffey, Patrick.

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Description328 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Note: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 -- Four lessons from Vietnam -- Star Wars -- Smart bombs and drones -- Epilogue.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-315) and index.

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