Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Although steam engines generally made their mark in the maritime world by 1865, for example, and proved useful to the Union riverine navy during the Civil War, a backlash within the service later dev
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| Title | : | Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.97 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801898188 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2011-05-25 |
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Editorial : An intellectual history of American naval technology that examines the dominance of the battleship mentality Thought-provoking, a book sure to spark debate.
(Robert J. Schneller, Jr. Technology and Culture)
One could say this is yet another book about the rise and fall of the battleship as the centerpiece of naval power. But what sets the author's subtle work apart from earlier histories is his purpose. He sets out neither to defame nor defend naval leaders. Do not expect to find even the most obvious troglodyte of an admiral belittled in this text A well-balanced analysis.
(Michael A. Palmer U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings)
An excellent survey of how the U.S. Navy adapted to changing technology, and how technological change in turn shaped the Navy.
(New York Military Affairs Symposium Newsletter)
McBride examines the tendency of military institutions to favour stability over radical innovations Well r
Navies have always been technologically sophisticated, from the ancient world's trireme galleys and the Age of Sail's ships-of-the-line to the dreadnoughts of World War I and today's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Yet each large technical innovation has met with resistance and even hostility from those officers who, adhering to a familiar warrior ethos, have grown used to a certain style of fighting. In Technological Change and the United States Navy, William M. McBride examines how the navy dealt with technological changefrom the end of the Civil War through the "age of the battleship"as technology became more complex and the nation assumed a global role. Although steam engines generally made their mark in the maritime world by 1865, for example, and proved useful to the Union riverine navy during the Civil War, a backlash within the service later developed against both steam engines and the engineers who ran them. Early in the twentieth century the large dre
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