CONTENTS

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