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_b.A243 2006
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100 1 _aAdas, Michael
245 1 0 _aDominance by design :
_btechnological imperatives and America's civilizing mission
_cby Michael Adas.
260 _aCambridge :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c©2006
300 _a542 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [419]-514) and index.
505 _tIntroduction: 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
650 0 _aTechnology
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPolitical messianism
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xTerritorial expansion.
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23230
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