Format:
1 online resource (480 pages)
ISBN:
9780674020078
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: A Train for the Shogun -- 1. "Engins" in the Wilderness -- 2. Machines and Manifest Destiny -- 3. Engineers' Imperialism -- 4. Foundations of an American Century -- 5. Imposing Modernity -- 6. Machines in the Vietnam Quagmire -- 7. Technowar in the Persian Gulf -- Epilogue: The Paradox of Technological Supremacy -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674032163
Additional Edition:
Print version Dominance by Design : Technological Imperatives and America's Civilizing Mission
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Adas, Michael, 1943 - Dominance by design Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 9780674018679
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0674018672
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674032163
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
,
Political Science
Keywords:
USA
;
Technik
;
Außenpolitik
;
Sendungsbewusstsein
;
Geschichte
;
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