War stars : the superweapon and the American imagination / H. Bruce Franklin.
War stars : the superweapon and the American imagination / H. Bruce Franklin.
War stars : the superweapon and the American imagination / H. Bruce Franklin.
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Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], c2008.
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N355.80973/ 2
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English
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xii, 280 p., [22] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction. Imagining Our Weapons -- I. Beyond Manifest Destiny -- 1. Robert Fulton and the Weapons of Progress -- 2. Fantasies of War: 1880-1917 -- 3. Thomas Edison and the Industrialization of War -- II. Victory through Air Power -- 4. Peace Is Our Profession -- 5. Billy Mitchell and the Romance...
21. The New American Century; Or, The Age of Terror -- 22. The Unimaginable -- Bibliography of Fiction Discussed.
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Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], c2008.
Edition
Rev. and expanded ed.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2008.
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War stars : the superweapon and the American imagination / H. Bruce Franklin.
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Previous ed.: New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N355.80973/ 2
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74VMQy2xWmgl
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9781558496514 (pbk.) :
1558496513 (pbk.) :
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355.80973
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991000603029702626
