Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 219 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0198040652
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142376210X
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9780198040651
,
9781423762102
Content:
Military and defence related procurement has been an important source of technology development across a broad spectrum of industries that account for an important share of United States industrial production. This book looks at changes in the structure of defence and industrial economies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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War and economic growthInterchangeable parts and mass production -- Military and commercial aircraft -- Nuclear energy and electric power -- The computer industry -- Inventing the Internet -- The space industries -- Is war necessary? -- Appendix 1. From concept to commercial development: seven general purpose technologies -- Appendix 2. Computers, microprocessors, and the Internet: a counterfactual history.
Additional Edition:
0195188047
Additional Edition:
Print version Is war necessary for economic growth?
Language:
English
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