Download or read book Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace written by M. Matsumoto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-03-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technological revolution in shipbuilding in the early twentieth century had a great impact on the military, industrial, commercial worlds. Matsumoto focuses on the relationship between this revolution and the structure and function of 'technology gatekeepers' during the transfer of marine science and technology from Britain to Japan.