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Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945 (Hardcover)
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Technology and the American Way of War Since 1945 (Hardcover)
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No nation in recent history has placed greater emphasis on the role
of technology in planning and waging war than the United States. In
World War II the wholesale mobilization of American science and
technology culminated in the detonation of the atomic bomb.
Competition with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, combined
with the U.S. Navy's culture of distributed command and the rapid
growth of information technology, spawned the concept of
network-centric warfare. And America's post-Cold War conflicts in
Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan have highlighted
America's edge. From the atom bomb to the spy satellites of the
Cold War, the strategic limitations of the Vietnam War, and the
technological triumphs of the Gulf war, Thomas G. Mahnken follows
the development and integration of new technologies into the
military and emphasizes their influence on the organization,
mission, and culture of the armed services. In some cases,
advancements in technology have forced different branches of the
military to develop competing or superior weaponry, but more often
than not the armed services have molded technology to suit their
own purposes, remaining resilient in the face of technological
challenges. Mahnken concludes with an examination of the
reemergence of the traditional American way of war, which uses
massive force to engage the enemy. Tying together six decades of
debate concerning U.S. military affairs, he discusses how the armed
forces might exploit the unique opportunities of the information
revolution in the future.
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