Home History 2. Machines and Manifest Destiny
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

2. Machines and Manifest Destiny

  • Michael Adas
View more publications by Harvard University Press
To Publisher Page
Dominance by Design
This chapter is in the book Dominance by Design
© 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN 1
  4. 1. “Engins” in the Wilderness 33
  5. 2. Machines and Manifest Destiny 67
  6. 3. Engineers’ Imperialism 129
  7. 4. Foundations of an American Century 185
  8. 5. Imposing Modernity 219
  9. 6. Machines in the Vietnam Quagmire 281
  10. 7. Technowar in the Persian Gulf 339
  11. Epilogue: The Paradox of Technological Supremacy 385
  12. ABBREVIATIONS 417
  13. NOTES 419
  14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 515
  15. INDEX 519
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020078-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN 1
  4. 1. “Engins” in the Wilderness 33
  5. 2. Machines and Manifest Destiny 67
  6. 3. Engineers’ Imperialism 129
  7. 4. Foundations of an American Century 185
  8. 5. Imposing Modernity 219
  9. 6. Machines in the Vietnam Quagmire 281
  10. 7. Technowar in the Persian Gulf 339
  11. Epilogue: The Paradox of Technological Supremacy 385
  12. ABBREVIATIONS 417
  13. NOTES 419
  14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 515
  15. INDEX 519
Sign up now to receive a 20% welcome discount
Institutional Access
How does access work?
Have an idea on how to improve our website?
Please write us.
© 2025 De Gruyter Brill
Downloaded on 24.10.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.4159/9780674020078-003/html
Scroll to top button