Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways by Christian Wolmar

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

Christian Wolmar

313 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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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"...

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