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The U.S. Navy and the Origins of the Military Industrial Complex, 1847-1883 | 
 enlarge | Author: Kurt Hackemer
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1257133
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 181
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 1557503338
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.473590097309034
EAN: 9781557503336
ASIN: 1557503338
Publication Date: April 2001
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This is the first book to examine the developing relationship between American business and the U.S. Navy in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Kurt Hackemer argues that the historical antecedents of the military-industrial complex arose much earlier than once thought, taking shape decades before the development of the new steel navy of the 1880s and adapting as needed to the realities and limitations of the time. Suggesting that the special relationship between the government and the nation's larger steel companies did not suddenly materialize out of thin air, he explains that the Navy saw the need to draw upon prior experience and looked back to its earlier interactions with private contractors and other sophisticated technologies. As the Navy struggled with steam engines in the 1850s, ironclad vessels in the 1860s, the more powerful engines in the 1870s, and steel warships in the 1880s, it found that each technology exceeded the capabilities of its physical plant. As this study indicates, in each case the Navy turned to private contractors out of necessity. Hackemer further argues that although technologies have changed over time, the procedures for dealing with contractors and the relationships that developed between the Navy and private firms show remarkable continuity and a clear evolutionary path.
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