Gary E Weir
Biographic Data
| ID | 1025427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary E Weir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary E |
| FAMILY NAME | Weir |
| SIGNATURE | WEIR G E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Naval History and Heritage Command |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Oceanographers and the Cold War
Reviewed by: Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science Gary E. Weir (bio) Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science. By Jacob Darwin Hamblin. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005. Pp. xxix+346. $50. Covering 70 percent of the planet, the ocean's benign blue suggests to the extraterrestrial viewer a natural unity that humankind has sought, but never found. Most of us grew up regarding the word ocean n…
Virtual War in the Ice Jungle
The Cold War at sea expanded in many realms, including the frigid and treacherous waters of the Arctic Ocean. The US Navy pioneered these efforts with the visit of USS Nautilus to the North Pole in 1958. During the latter stages of the Cold War, however, Soviet naval strategists began to conceptualize the polar ice cap as a strategic asset for cloaking the operations of its nuclear missile submarines. As under-ice operations afforded the Soviet s…
Building the Trident Network
Building the Trident Network: A Study of the Enrollment of People, Knowledge, and Machines. By Maggie Mort. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001. Pp. x+217. $32.95
Fast Attacks and Boomers
Tucked away on the upper floor of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Fast Attacks and Boomers, curated by Barton Hacker with Paul Johnston and Margaret Vining, offers a truly special view of the secret world of undersea warfare. Although the handsome color brochure and the long time line on the introductory wall panel present a brief overview of the history of American submarines before 1945, this exhibit dwells on the cold wa…
The Silent War
War Machines
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 h…
An Ocean in Common
This book traces the developing relationship between the U.S. Navy and ocean scientists from the end of World War I to the early 1960s. The author, Gary E. Weir, is an official navy historian who has written extensively about American submarine programs. His principal thesis is that the symbiotic connection between scientists and the navy depended as much upon an interpersonal network of military and civilian oceanography boosters as upon technol…
Argonaut
Under Ice
Hitler's U-Boat War
Forged in War
Building the Kaiser's Navy
Coming Up to Speed in American Submarine Construction, 1938–1943
As the international situation deteriorated in the decade before Pearl Harbor, the growing threat of war created an increased demand in the defence industries for factory space and skilled labour. In response to this exigency, the navy designed support and expansion programmes for both essential veteran contractors and attractive newcomers. This article will explore and evaluate these measures to expand the industrial base in terms of wartime suc…
Operation Drumbeat
Journal Article Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II. By Michael Gannon. (New York: Harper & Row, 1990. xxii + 490 pp. $24.95.) Get access Gary E. Weir Gary E. Weir Naval Historical Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Pages 731–732, https://doi.org/10.2307/20…
Tirpitz, Technology, and Building U-boats, 1897–1916
1984). Tirpitz, Technology, and Building U-boats, 1897–1916. The International History Review: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 174-190
Forged in War
An Ocean in Common
This book traces the developing relationship between the U.S. Navy and ocean scientists from the end of World War I to the early 1960s. The author, Gary E. Weir, is an official navy historian who has written extensively about American submarine programs. His principal thesis is that the symbiotic connection between scientists and the navy depended as much upon an interpersonal network of military and civilian oceanography boosters as upon technol…
Operation Drumbeat
Journal Article Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II. By Michael Gannon. (New York: Harper & Row, 1990. xxii + 490 pp. $24.95.) Get access Gary E. Weir Gary E. Weir Naval Historical Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Pages 731–732, https://doi.org/10.2307/20…
Tirpitz, Technology, and Building U-boats, 1897–1916
1984). Tirpitz, Technology, and Building U-boats, 1897–1916. The International History Review: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 174-190
Tirpitz, Technology, and Building U-boats, 1897–1916
1984). Tirpitz, Technology, and Building U-boats, 1897–1916. The International History Review: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 174-190
Operation Drumbeat
Journal Article Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II. By Michael Gannon. (New York: Harper & Row, 1990. xxii + 490 pp. $24.95.) Get access Gary E. Weir Gary E. Weir Naval Historical Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Pages 731–732, https://doi.org/10.2307/20…
Building the Kaiser's Navy
Coming Up to Speed in American Submarine Construction, 1938–1943
As the international situation deteriorated in the decade before Pearl Harbor, the growing threat of war created an increased demand in the defence industries for factory space and skilled labour. In response to this exigency, the navy designed support and expansion programmes for both essential veteran contractors and attractive newcomers. This article will explore and evaluate these measures to expand the industrial base in terms of wartime suc…
Forged in War
Hitler's U-Boat War
Under Ice
Argonaut
The Silent War
War Machines
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 h…
An Ocean in Common
This book traces the developing relationship between the U.S. Navy and ocean scientists from the end of World War I to the early 1960s. The author, Gary E. Weir, is an official navy historian who has written extensively about American submarine programs. His principal thesis is that the symbiotic connection between scientists and the navy depended as much upon an interpersonal network of military and civilian oceanography boosters as upon technol…
Fast Attacks and Boomers
Tucked away on the upper floor of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Fast Attacks and Boomers, curated by Barton Hacker with Paul Johnston and Margaret Vining, offers a truly special view of the secret world of undersea warfare. Although the handsome color brochure and the long time line on the introductory wall panel present a brief overview of the history of American submarines before 1945, this exhibit dwells on the cold wa…
Building the Trident Network
Building the Trident Network: A Study of the Enrollment of People, Knowledge, and Machines. By Maggie Mort. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2001. Pp. x+217. $32.95
Virtual War in the Ice Jungle
The Cold War at sea expanded in many realms, including the frigid and treacherous waters of the Arctic Ocean. The US Navy pioneered these efforts with the visit of USS Nautilus to the North Pole in 1958. During the latter stages of the Cold War, however, Soviet naval strategists began to conceptualize the polar ice cap as a strategic asset for cloaking the operations of its nuclear missile submarines. As under-ice operations afforded the Soviet s…
Oceanographers and the Cold War
Reviewed by: Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science Gary E. Weir (bio) Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science. By Jacob Darwin Hamblin. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005. Pp. xxix+346. $50. Covering 70 percent of the planet, the ocean's benign blue suggests to the extraterrestrial viewer a natural unity that humankind has sought, but never found. Most of us grew up regarding the word ocean n…
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