The invisible weapon : telecommunications and international politics, 1851-1945 / Daniel R. Headrick.
Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. Description: x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0195062736Subject(s): Telecommunication -- History | Telecommunication -- Political aspects -- History | Telecommunication -- Military aspects -- History | World politics -- 1900-1945 | World politics -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 384 LOC classification: HE7651. | H43 1991Online resources: Publisher description
Contents:
Telecommunications and international relations -- The new technology -- The expansion of the World Cable Network, 1866 - 1895 -- Telegraphy and imperialism in the late nineteenth century - Crisis at the turn of the century, 1895 - 1901 -- The great powers and the cable crisis, 1900 - 1913 -- The beginnings of radio, 1895 - 1914 -- Cables and radio in World War I -- Communications intelligence in World War I -- Conflicts and settlements, 1919 - 1923 -- Technological upheavals an commercial rivalries, 1924 - 1939 -- Communications intelligence in World War II -- The war at sea -- The changing of the guard -- Telecommunications, information and security.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Telecommunications and international relations -- The new technology -- The expansion of the World Cable Network, 1866 - 1895 -- Telegraphy and imperialism in the late nineteenth century - Crisis at the turn of the century, 1895 - 1901 -- The great powers and the cable crisis, 1900 - 1913 -- The beginnings of radio, 1895 - 1914 -- Cables and radio in World War I -- Communications intelligence in World War I -- Conflicts and settlements, 1919 - 1923 -- Technological upheavals an commercial rivalries, 1924 - 1939 -- Communications intelligence in World War II -- The war at sea -- The changing of the guard -- Telecommunications, information and security.