Engines of War : How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways.

Before the nineteenth century, armies had to rely on slow and unreliable methods of transportation to move soldiers and equipment during times of conflict. But with the birth of the railroad in the early 1830s, the way wars were fought would change foreve.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wolmar, Christian
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : PublicAffairs, 2010.
Sujets:
Railroads > Economic aspects > History.
Military railroads > History.
Transportation, Military > History.
Chemins de fer > Utilisation militaire > Histoire.
Transports militaires > Histoire.
Military railroads
Railroads > Economic aspects
Transportation, Military
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • War before railways
  • The railways called into action
  • Slavery loses out to the Iron Road
  • Lessons not learnt
  • The new weapon of war
  • The war the world anticipated
  • The great railway war on the Western Front
  • Eastern contrasts
  • Here we go again
  • Blood on the tracks.

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