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Modern arms and free men : a discussion of the role of science in preserving democracy Science democracy and war -- The techniques of World War I -- Between the wars -- The technical war on land -- On the surface of the sea -- The guided missle -- The atomic bomb -- The nature of total war - Subversive war -- Cold War -- Threat and bulwark -- Ttalitarianism and dictatorship -- Democracy -- Education -- Planning -- Conclusion
1949rif. 010036Simon and Schuster New York 1949 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 14 273 pp 1 ; 23 cm OCLC 568075 ; dustjacket shows BOMC Book of the Month Cliub ; red and back cloth with gold lettering in red black and white dustjacket ; price label on front endpaper ; Vannevar Bush was an American engineer inventor and science administrator who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development through which almost all wartime military as well as the Advisory Committee on Uranium out of which grew the Manhattan Project annd the atomic bomb Robert Sherwood called him "an ideal leader of American scientists in time of war.his analysis of a tangled situation and his forceful presentation of a course of action produced results far removed from his official sphere of influence" ; Contents: Science democracy and war -- The techniques of World War I -- Between the wars -- The technical war on land -- On the surface of the sea -- The guided missle -- The atomic bomb -- The nature of total war - Subversive war -- Cold War -- Threat and bulwark -- Ttalitarianism and dictatorship -- Democracy -- Education -- Planning -- Conclusion ; tiny edge chipping to dustjacket else FINE/G Simon and Schuster, New York, 1949 hardcover
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