Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionized the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialized conflict in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginable scale. From the moment of its first appearance, the 'iron road' not only rendered armies more mobile, but also massively increased the power and the deadliness of the weaponry available to them.
Christian Wolmar's epic account - of how an invention that brought prosperity in peace-time metamorphosed in time of war into a weapon of death - is counterpointed by a wealth of human stories of personal endeavour and private tragedy. Embracing every major conflict in which railways have played a part - the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the First and Second Boer Wars, the two World Wars, the Korean War and the Cold War, Engines of War is awe-inspiring tale of industrial might and the transformative power of machinery.
- ISBN10 0857895761
- ISBN13 9780857895769
- Publish Date 1 October 2011 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Atlantic Books
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English