Railways and War Before 1918
Author | : Denis Bishop |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Military railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Denis Bishop |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Military railroads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christian Wolmar |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 739 |
Release | : 2010-11-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1586489720 |
The birth of the railway in the early 1830's revolutionized the way the world waged war. From armored engines with swiveling guns, to the practice of track sabotage, to the construction of tracks that crossed frozen Siberian lakes, the "iron road" facilitated conflict on a scale that was previously unimaginable. It not only made armies more mobile, but widened fighting fronts and increased the power and scale of available weaponry; a deadly combination. In Engines of War, Christian Wolmar examines all the engagements in which the railway played a part: the Crimean War; the American Civil War; both world wars; the Korean War; and the Cold War, with its mysterious missile trains; and illustrates how the railway became a deadly weapon exploited by governments across the world.
Author | : J. N. Westwood |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christian Wolmar |
Publisher | : Public Affairs |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2011-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1610390563 |
The dramatic 100-year history of how trains became weapons, and transformed forever the nature of war
Author | : Édouard Percy Cranvill Girouard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
"Detailed history of the use and importance of railways during the war in South Africa (the Boer War), written by Sir Edward Percy Cranvill Girouard, Director of Railways for the British South African Field Force. With chapters on the creation and control of a military railway staff, the Cape Government Railway, the Natal Railway, all facets of the Imperial Military Railways (construction, organisation by region, locomotives, railway telegraph, stores and accounts, etc.), and the use of armored trains."--Amazon
Author | : Felix Patrikeeff |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2007-02-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135764972 |
This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological and human dimensions of Russia‘s war effort interleaved in the course of the conflict.
Author | : Frank Haigh Dixon |
Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Railroads and state |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2017-08-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476627649 |
Featuring 256 drawings, this history of military trains and railways from 1853 through 1953 describes how the railroad transformed the nature of warfare. Transport and logistics are discussed for armored trains, rail-borne artillery and armored combat vehicles, medical evacuation trains and draisines (light auxiliary vehicles such as handcars). The railroad's role in establishing European colonial empires in Asia and Africa is examined. Conflicts covered include the Boer Wars, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, the Russo-Turkish War, World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the French Indochina War.
Author | : John E. Clark, Jr. |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2004-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807152668 |
By the time of the Civil War, the railroads had advanced to allow the movement of large numbers of troops even though railways had not yet matured into a truly integrated transportation system. Gaps between lines, incompatible track gauges, and other vexing impediments remained in both the North and South. As John E. Clark explains in this compelling study, the skill with which Union and Confederate war leaders met those problems and utilized the rail system to its fullest potential was an essential ingredient for ultimate victory.
Author | : Richard Dunn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |