The Military-Industrial Complex (Shot Historical Perspectives on Technology) - Softcover

Roland, Professor Of History Alex

 
9780872291249: The Military-Industrial Complex (Shot Historical Perspectives on Technology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0872291243 ISBN 13: 9780872291249
Publisher: American Historical Association, 2002

Synopsis

This booklet provides a thorough analysis of a set of relationships central to American history in the latter 20th century, which entered popular discourse in a phrase used by Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address of 1961-the military-industrial complex. Roland begins with an overview of U.S. industry and the military between World War I and the 1990s. He then focuses on five transformations: civil-military relations, relations between industry and the state, among government agencies, between scientific-technical communities and the state, and between technology and society. The booklet concludes with a bibliographic essay that addresses the salient literature and identifies areas of controversy among historians.

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About the Author

Alex Roland is professor of history at Duke University, where he teaches military history and the history of technology. He is a past preisdent of the Society for the History of Technology. His books include Underwater Warfare in the Age of Sail (1978); Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1985); and, with Richard Preston and Sidney Wise, Men in Arms: A History of Warefare and Its Interrelationships with Western Society (5th ed., 1991).

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Publisher
American Historical Association
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0872291243
ISBN 13 
9780872291249
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
64