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Frontmatter
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Michael Adas
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN 1
- 1. “Engins” in the Wilderness 33
- 2. Machines and Manifest Destiny 67
- 3. Engineers’ Imperialism 129
- 4. Foundations of an American Century 185
- 5. Imposing Modernity 219
- 6. Machines in the Vietnam Quagmire 281
- 7. Technowar in the Persian Gulf 339
- Epilogue: The Paradox of Technological Supremacy 385
- ABBREVIATIONS 417
- NOTES 419
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 515
- INDEX 519
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- INTRODUCTION: A TRAIN FOR THE SHOGUN 1
- 1. “Engins” in the Wilderness 33
- 2. Machines and Manifest Destiny 67
- 3. Engineers’ Imperialism 129
- 4. Foundations of an American Century 185
- 5. Imposing Modernity 219
- 6. Machines in the Vietnam Quagmire 281
- 7. Technowar in the Persian Gulf 339
- Epilogue: The Paradox of Technological Supremacy 385
- ABBREVIATIONS 417
- NOTES 419
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 515
- INDEX 519