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Engines of War

Engines of War

How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways

by Christian Wolmar
Paperback
Age range: 0 to 0 years old Publication Date: 01/06/2012

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Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionized the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialized conflict in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginable scale. From the moment of its first appearance, the 'iron road' not only rendered armies more mobile, but also massively increased the power and the deadliness of the weaponry available to them.

Christian Wolmar's epic account - of how an invention that brought prosperity in peace-time metamorphosed in time of war into a weapon of death - is counterpointed by a wealth of human stories of personal endeavour and private tragedy.

Embracing every major conflict in which railways have played a part - the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the First and Second Boer Wars, the two World Wars, the Korean War and the Cold War, Engines of War is awe-inspiring tale of industrial might and the transformative power of machinery.
ISBN:
9781848871731
9781848871731
Category:
Military history
Age range:
0 to 0 years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-06-2012
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
170x115x20mm
Weight:
0.2kg
Christian Wolmar

Christian Wolmar writes regularly for a wide variety of publications including the Independent, Evening Standard and Rail magazine, and appears frequently on TV and radio as a commentator on transport issues.

His previous books include the widely-acclaimed The Subterranean Railway; Fire and Steam; Blood, Iron and Gold; Engines of War; The Great Railway Revolution and To the Edge of the World.

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