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Nexus : strategic communications and American security in World War I /
In an illuminating study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history, Jonathan Reed Winkler shows how U.S. officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. At the outbreak of war in 1914, British control of the cable network affected the Ame...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First Harvard University Press paperback edition. |
| Series: | Harvard historical studies ;
v. 162. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Introduction
- ONE The Information Network and the Outbreak of War
- TWO Neutrality and Vulnerability
- THREE Security and Radios
- FOUR At War in Europe
- FIVE In Pursuit of Cables to Asia and the Americas
- SIX Radio, the Navy, and Latin America
- SEVEN The Quest for Independence
- EIGHT The Illusion of Success
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- Primary Sources
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index.