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Torpedo : inventing the military-industrial complex in the United States and Great Britain

Epstein, Katherine C

2014

Overview

In a bold reappraisal, Katherine Epstein uncovers the origins of the \"military-industrial complex\" not in the Cold War but in the decades before WWI, as the United States and Great Britain struggled to perfect a crucial new weapon: the self-propelled torpedo. Torpedo R&D sparked intellectual property battles that reshaped national security law.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Subject: Entwicklung und Erprobung von Waffen/Gerät / Great Britain / Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century / Großbritannien / HISTORY / Military / Naval / HISTORY / Military / Weapons / HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Industrieforschung / Industriegeschichte / Jahrhundert 20 / LAW / Legal History / Marine / Military industrial complex / Military industrial complex -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century / Military industrial complex -- United States -- History -- 20th century / Militärisch-industrieller Komplex / Neue Waffen/neues Gerät / POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General / Rüstungsgüter / Rüstungspolitik / Rüstungswirtschaft/Verteidigungswirtschaft / Torpedo / Torpedoes / Torpedoes -- Great Britain -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century / Torpedoes -- United States -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century / United States / United States. Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century / USA / Vereinigte Staaten / Vereinigtes Königreich / Weapons systems / Weapons systems -- Technological innovation -- Case studies / Weapons systems-Technological innovations-Case studies / World War, 1939-1945 / World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies
• ISBN: 0674725263, 9780674725263