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The main theme of the book is the growing role of engineering and sciences in military technology, organization, and practice from the colonial era to the present day -- · even as military concerns have influenced and often funded domestic engineering programs and scientific development.
American Military Technology traces the interplay of technology and sciences with the armed forces of the United States· in terms of what its authors view as three major epochs: ©Institute for Political and International Studies • 130 THE fRANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS • 1840-1865, the introduction of modern small arms, steam power, and technology, science, and medicine; • 1900-1914, the naval arms race, torpedoes and submarines, and the signal corps and the airplane; • 1965-1971, technology in Vietnam, guided missiles, and smart bombs.
Catastrophe of World War I and the Miracle of Militarism Despite the devastating damages associated/ with the World War I in 1914-1918, there was an opportunity to test new existing ©Institute for Political and International Studies 132 THE IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS technologies and there were strong motivations for the promotion and development of the technologies at all military levels.
The historical view to the involvement of technology into the military system by the authors is deeply concentrated on the American internal developments with little implications of the former Soviet Union and Vietnam War. But it should be-noted that the United The Iranian Iournal ofInternational Afjnirs Vol. XIX, No. 4.