During the interwar years, from 1920 to 1940, leaders from the US Army Air Corps and Marine Corps recreated their agencies based on visions of new military technologies. In this survey, Timothy Moy examines these recreations and explores how factors such as bureaucratic pressure, institutional culture, and America's technological enthusiasm shaped these leaders' choices. The very existence of the Army Air Corps was based on a new technology, the aeroplane. As the Air Corps was forced to compete for money and other resources ...
Read More
During the interwar years, from 1920 to 1940, leaders from the US Army Air Corps and Marine Corps recreated their agencies based on visions of new military technologies. In this survey, Timothy Moy examines these recreations and explores how factors such as bureaucratic pressure, institutional culture, and America's technological enthusiasm shaped these leaders' choices. The very existence of the Army Air Corps was based on a new technology, the aeroplane. As the Air Corps was forced to compete for money and other resources during the years after World War I, Air Corps leaders carved out a military niche based on high-tech precision bombing. The Marine Corps focused on amphibious, first-wave assault using sturdy, graceless and easy-to-produce landing craft. Moy's analysis emphasizes that studying the processes that shaped the Army Air Corps and Marine Corps is fundamental to our understanding of technology and the military at the beginning of the 21st century.
Read Less
Add this copy of War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. to cart. $15.67, good condition, Sold by HPB-Red rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Texas A&M University Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Add this copy of War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U. S. to cart. $19.00, very good condition, Sold by Loud Bug Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Indianapolis, IN, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Texas A & M University Press.
Add this copy of War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. to cart. $35.00, new condition, Sold by nelsonsbooks rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chazy, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Texas A&M University Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 232 p. Contains: Illustrations. Texas A & M University Military History Series, 71. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. to cart. $54.01, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Texas A&M University Press.
