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Alex Roland

Professor Emeritus of History
History
Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
226 Classroom Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Books


Delta of Power The Military-Industrial Complex

Book · August 10, 2021 "The book covers the Cold War origins of the military-industrial complex and explains its current relevance since the 9/11 terrorist attacks"-- ... Cite

The Way of the Ship America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000

Book · November 2017 This is part of a two-book project created by the American Maritime History Project, Inc., an independent enterprise with an office at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. ... Cite

War and Technology A Very Short Introduction

Book · 2016 Politics, economics, ideology, culture, strategy, tactics, and philosophy have all shaped war, but none of these factors has driven the evolution of warfare as much as technology. ... Cite

Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century

Book · March 7, 2013 THE EVOLUTION OF AERODYNAMICS IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY: ENGINEERING OR SCIENCEQ INTRODUCTION The field of ... well as the use of this understanding in the design of flight vehicles, has grown exponentially during the twentiethcentury. ... Cite

The Way of the Ship America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000

Book · 2008 The Way of the Ship tells the important story of the commercial transport of passengers and goods from port to port in American history and the ways in which it fueled the material and economic expansion of the country. ... Cite

Strategic Computing DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993

Book · 2002 1 Robert Kahn : Visionary Robert Kahn was the godfather of Strategic Computing ( SC ) .1 He con- ceived the program as a source of patronage for his professional family . He developed a rationale that gave the program the political ... ... Cite

Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century

Book · February 28, 2001 All technologies are alike. The tension between likeness and difference runs through this collection of papers. All focus on atmospheric flight, a twentieth-century phenomenon. ... Cite

MODEL RESEARCH: THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS 1915-1958.

Book · December 1, 1985 Throughout most of its history, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was arguably the most important and productive aeronautical research establishment in the world. This book examines the NACA as an institution, attempting to explain how ... Cite

A Spacefaring People Perspectives on Early Space Flight

Book · 1985 "Essays ... presented at a conference on the history of space activity held at Yale University on February 6 and 7, 1981"--Introduction. ... Cite