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

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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations
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	computer rdamedia
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Bibliography	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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	United States. Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century.
	Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century.
	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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Creating the military-industrial complex in the United States and Great Britain
Other Form:	Print version: Epstein, Katherine C. Torpedo : inventing the military-industrial complex in the United States and Great Britain. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014 305 pages 9780674725263 (DLC) 2013008006
ISBN	0674725263
	9780674725263
	9780674726284 (electronic bk.)