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Engineering Security: The Corps of Engineers and Third System Defense Policy, 1815-1861 Mark A. Smith
Engineering Security: The Corps of Engineers and Third System Defense Policy, 1815-1861
Mark A. Smith
The system of coastal defenses built by the federal government after the War of 1812 was more than a series of forts standing guard over a watery frontier. It was an integrated and comprehensive plan of national defense developed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and it represented the nation's first peacetime defense policy.
352 pages, 7 illustrations, 9 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 4, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780817316655 |
| Publishers | The University of Alabama Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 228 × 27 mm · 646 g |
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