Torpedo - Inventing Military Industrial Complex in United States Great Britain

In a bold reappraisal, Katherine Epstein uncovers the origins of the ¿military¿industrial complex¿ not in the Cold War but in the decades before WWI, as the United States and Great Britain struggled to perfect a crucial new weapon: the self-propelled torpedo. Torpedo R&D sparked intellectual property battles that reshaped national security law.

About the author

Katherine C. Epstein is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University-Camden.

Summary

In a bold reappraisal, Katherine Epstein uncovers the origins of the “military–industrial complex” not in the Cold War but in the decades before WWI, as the United States and Great Britain struggled to perfect a crucial new weapon: the self-propelled torpedo. Torpedo R&D sparked intellectual property battles that reshaped national security law.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Epstein, Katherine C Epstein, Katherine C. Epstein
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2014
• EAN: 9780674725263
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72526-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history