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"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 forever. In Engines of War, renowned expert Christian Wolmar tells the story of that transformation, examining all the engagements in which railways played a part from the Crimean War and American Civil War through both world wars, the Korean War, and the Cold War with its mysterious missile trains. He shows that the 'iron road' not only made armies far more mobile, but also greatly increased the scale and power of available weaponry. Wars began to be fought across wider fronts and over longer timescales, with far deadlier consequences. From armored engines with their swiveling guns to track sabotage by way of dynamite, railway lines constructed across frozen Siberian lakes and a Boer war ambush involving Winston Churchill, Engines of War shows how the railways - a fantastic generator of wealth in peacetime - became a weapon of war exploited to the full by governments across the world."--Publisher's description.
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Military railroads, Railroads, Military Transportation, History, War use, Railroads and state, HISTORY, Military, Other, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Military Science, Military transportation, Government policy, Railroads, history, Transportation, military, Military historyTimes
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Engines of war: how wars were won & lost on the railways
2012, Atlantic
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Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways
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Standard print edition originally published: London : Atlantic, 2010.
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From the acclaimed author of 'Fire and Steam' and 'Blood, Iron and Gold' comes 'Engines of War' which tells the dramatic story of how the birth and spread of the railways shaped the ways wars were fought and won.
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