Building the military-industrial relationship: The U.S. Navy and American business, 1854-1883

From: Naval War College Review | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

FOR MUCH OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, the United States Navy wrestled with the problem of incorporating new and essential technologies into the fleet. Rapid advances in naval science created managerial problems as the naval bureaucracy tried to figure out how to incorporate technologies like steam propulsion, iron cladding, and steel warship design without losing control over the shipbuilding process. A lack of basic facilities and technical sophistication forced the Navy to turn to private companies for much of this technology, which in turn compelled the service to alter its administrative ...

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