Torpedo : inventing the military-industrial complex in the United States and Great Britain / Katherine C. Epstein.
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- Creating the military-industrial complex in the United States and Great Britain
- United States. Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Weapons systems -- History -- 20th century
- Torpedoes -- United States -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century
- Torpedoes -- Great Britain -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century
- Weapons systems -- Technological innovations -- Case studies
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies
- Military-industrial complex -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Military-industrial complex -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
America's weapons of the weak -- Britain's weapons of the strong -- The U.S. Navy and the emergence of command technology -- The Royal Navy and the quest for reach -- Command technology on trial in the United States -- A very bad gap in Britain -- Conclusion.
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