CHRISTIAN Wolmar is Britain's foremost writer on transport matters and this is his most original book to date. In this book, he examines how the development of railways shaped how wars were fought and won, facilitating conflict on a previously unimaginable scale. Engines of War spans more than a century and takes in all the engagements in which railways played a part, including the Crimean War, American Civil War, both World wars, the Korean war and the Cold War - with its mysterious missile trains. It shows that the 'iron road' not only made armies far more mobile, but also greatly increased the scale and power of available weaponry. In doing so, wars were fought across wider fronts and over longer timescales, with far deadlier consequences.
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