Dominance by Design: Technological Imperatives and America's Civilizing Mission

Introduction 1. Engines in the Wilderness 2. Machines and Manifest Destiny 3. Engineers' Imperialism 4. Foundations of an American Century 5. Imposing Modernity 6. Machines in the Vietnam Quagmire 7. Technowar in the Persian Gulf Epilogue: The Paradox of Technological Supremacy Notes Acknowledgments Index