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Author Epstein, Katherine C., 1982-

Title Torpedo : inventing the military-industrial complex in the United States and Great Britain / Katherine C. Epstein.

Pub Info Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Descript 1 online resource (305 pages)
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents America's weapons of the weak -- Britain's weapons of the strong -- The U.S. Navy and the emergence of command technology -- The Royal Navy and the quest for reach -- Command technology on trial in the United States -- A very bad gap in Britain -- Conclusion.
Summary 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 intellectual property battles that reshaped national security law
Note English.
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Subject United States. Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. (OCoLC)fst00529487
United States. Navy. (OCoLC)fst00533204
Torpedoes -- United States -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century.
Torpedoes -- Great Britain -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century.
Weapons systems -- Technological innovations -- Case studies.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies.
Military-industrial complex -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Military-industrial complex -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
HISTORY -- Military -- Naval.
Armed Forces -- Weapons systems. (OCoLC)fst01351920
Equipment and supplies. (OCoLC)fst01352983
Military-industrial complex. (OCoLC)fst01021605
Weapons systems -- Technological innovations. (OCoLC)fst01173071
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
1900-1999
ISBN 9780674726284 (electronic bk.)
0674726286 (electronic bk.)
0674727401
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