Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945.
McBride, William M.
Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series ; v.27 . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Postbellum Naval Profession -- Chapter 2 Competing for Control -- Chapter 3 Refining the Technological Ideal -- Chapter 4 Technological Trajectory -- Chapter 5 Anomalous Technologies of the Great War -- Chapter 6 Controlling Aviation after the World War -- Chapter 7 Disarmament, Depression, and Politics -- Chapter 8 War and a Shifting Technological Paradigm -- Chapter 9 Castles of Steel -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Index.
The evolution and persistence of the "battleship navy,he argues, offer direct insight into the dominance of the aircraft-carrier paradigm after 1945 and into the twenty-first century.
9780801872853
United States.-Navy-Officers-Attitudes.
United States.-Navy-Civilian employees-Attitudes.
Naval art and science-Technological innovations-United States.
Electronic books.
VA55 .M33 2000
359/.00973/09034
Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series ; v.27 . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Postbellum Naval Profession -- Chapter 2 Competing for Control -- Chapter 3 Refining the Technological Ideal -- Chapter 4 Technological Trajectory -- Chapter 5 Anomalous Technologies of the Great War -- Chapter 6 Controlling Aviation after the World War -- Chapter 7 Disarmament, Depression, and Politics -- Chapter 8 War and a Shifting Technological Paradigm -- Chapter 9 Castles of Steel -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Index.
The evolution and persistence of the "battleship navy,he argues, offer direct insight into the dominance of the aircraft-carrier paradigm after 1945 and into the twenty-first century.
9780801872853
United States.-Navy-Officers-Attitudes.
United States.-Navy-Civilian employees-Attitudes.
Naval art and science-Technological innovations-United States.
Electronic books.
VA55 .M33 2000
359/.00973/09034