The British military revolution of the 19th century : "the great gun question" and the modernization of ordnance and administration /

""From the Crimean War through the Second Boer War, the British Empire sought to solve the "Great Gun Question"-to harness improvements to ordnance, small-arms, explosives and mechanization made possible by the Industrial Revolution. The British public played a surprising but ove...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: LeClair, Daniel R., 1961- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Sujets:
1800-1899
Ordnance > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Armed Forces > Equipment and supplies
Armed Forces > Firearms
Armed Forces > Ordnance and ordnance stores
Ordnance
Great Britain > Armed Forces > Ordnance and ordnance stores > History.
Great Britain > Armed Forces > Firearms > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Armed Forces > Equipment > History > 19th century.
Great Britain
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "Pregnant with Disastrous Muddle"
  • "The War Will Not Last a Month"
  • "More Powerful Than the Charge of Cavalry"
  • "Steering Among the Designs of Rival Inventors"
  • "A New Era of Great Guns"
  • An "Epoch of Change and Improvement"?
  • "New Measures Demand New Men"
  • Conclusion: "A Projectile to Be Fired by the Royal Navy".

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