| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.1

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| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.1 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. Military, 1920–1940. By Timothy Moy. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001. xiv, 218 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-58544-104-X.)

Technological Change and the United States Navy, 1865–1945. By William M. McBride. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. xvi, 333 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-8018-6486-0.)

What can we expect? What should we do? After September 11, many observers have suggested that current national defense specialists face a beast that Western society has never confronted. The novelty of it all seems nearly paralyzing. The two histories addressed in this review not only demonstrate the kind of perspective historians can bring to the national defense dialogue but also suggest that the current beast is hardly a novelty and does not have to bring paralysis in its wake. . . .

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