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The Locomotive of War

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408851644
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Locomotive of War written by Peter Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year for 2017 'War, comrades,' declared Trotsky, 'is a great locomotive of history.' He was thought to be acknowledging the opportunity the First World War had offered the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia in 1917. Twentieth-century warfare, based on new technologies and mass armies, certainly saw the locomotive power of war geared up to an unprecedented level. Peter Clarke explores the crucial ways in which war can be seen as a prime mover of history in the twentieth century through the eyes of five major figures. In Britain two wartime prime ministers – first David Lloyd George, later Winston Churchill – found their careers made and unmade by the unprecedented challenges they faced. In the United States, two presidents elected in peacetime – Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt – likewise found that war drastically changed their agenda. And it was through the experience of war that the economic ideas of John Maynard Keynes were shaped and came to exert wide influence. When the United States entered the First World War in 1917, President Wilson famously declared: 'The world must be made safe for democracy.' This liberal prospectus was to be tested in the subsequent peace treaty, one that was to be bitterly remembered by Germans for its 'war guilt clause'. But both in the making of the war and the making of the peace the issue of guilt did not suddenly materialise out of thin air. As Clarke's narrative shows, it was an integral component of the Anglo-American liberal tradition. The Locomotive of War is a forensic and punctilious examination of both the interplay between key figures in the context of the unprecedented all-out wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45 and the broader dynamics of history in this extraordinary period. Deeply revealing and insightful, it is history of the highest calibre.

The Locomotive of War

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620406608
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Locomotive of War written by Peter Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative exploration of the origins, impact, and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, from Peter Clarke, one of our foremost historians. "War is the locomotive of history," claimed Trotsky, a remark often thought to acknowledge the opportunity that the First World War offered the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia 1917. Here, Peter Clarke broadens the application of this provocative suggestion in order to explore how war, as much as socioeconomic forces or individuals, is the primary mover of history. Twentieth-century warfare, based on new technologies and vast armies, saw the locomotive power of war heightened to an unprecedented level. Through the unique prism of this vast tragedy, Peter Clarke examines some of the most influential figures of the day, on both sides of the Atlantic. In Britain, David Lloyd George, without the strains of war, would never have become prime minister in 1916; Winston Churchill, except for the war crisis of 1940, would have been unlikely to be recalled to office; and John Maynard Keynes likewise would hardly have seen his own economic ideas and authority so suddenly accepted. In different ways, the shadow of the great nineteenth-century Liberal leader Gladstone hung over these men - as it did also over Woodrow Wilson in the United States, seeing his presidency transformed as he faced new issues of war and peace. And it was Franklin Roosevelt who inherited much of Wilson's unfulfilled agenda, with a second chance to implement it with greater success. By following the trajectories of these influential lives, Peter Clarke illuminates many crucial issues of the period: not only leadership and the projection of authority, but also military strategy, war finance and the mobilization of the economy in democratic regimes. And the moral dimension of liberalism, with its Gladstonian focus on guilt, is never forgotten. The Locomotive of War is a fascinating examination of the interplay between key figures in the context of unprecedented all-out warfare, with new insight on the dynamics of history in an extraordinary period.

Stealing the General

Author : Russell S. Bonds
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Stealing the General written by Russell S. Bonds and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1862, 20 Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General and destroy a critical Confederate supply line. In the aftermath half the team was executed; the half that escaped received the newly established Medal of Honor. -- publishers description.

The War Came by Train

Author : Daniel Carroll Toomey
Publisher : Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
ISBN 13 : 9781886248014
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The War Came by Train written by Daniel Carroll Toomey and published by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Locomotive

Author : Brian Floca
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442485221
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Locomotive written by Brian Floca and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads, from the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot. It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with descriptive details of the journey: the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come sit inside the caboose, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails, come cross the young country!

L M S and L N E R Steam Locomotives

Author : Malcolm Clegg
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 9781526778604
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book L M S and L N E R Steam Locomotives written by Malcolm Clegg and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L M S & L N E R Steam Locomotives, is the result of over two decades of photographing steam locomotives in action in many parts of Britain covered by the former LMS and LNER Railway Companies. They were the two largest of the 'Big Four' Railway Companies which operated in Britain between 1923 and 1948. The majority of the photographs were taken during the British Railways era between 1948 and 1968. Although the author Malcolm Clegg has a sizeable collection of steam locomotive photographs taken during this period, the photographs which appear in this book are from the private collection of his lifelong friend and family relative, Mr Peter Cookson (a retired school-master), himself a railway historian, author and amateur photographer, who has kindly provided the photographs for publication in this book. Many of the photographs selected are rare and unusual for a variety of reasons which should appeal to railway historians and steam enthusiasts alike.

Capturing a Locomotive

Author : William Pittenger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capturing a Locomotive written by William Pittenger and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Capturing a Locomotive

Author : William Pittenger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781290087766
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Capturing a Locomotive written by William Pittenger and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Capturing a Locomotive

Author : William Pittenger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Capturing a Locomotive written by William Pittenger and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Train

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465436588
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Train written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world. Your first stop in The Train Book is the groundbreaking steam locomotives of the 19th century and your final destination is the high-speed bullet trains of today. From the Union-Pacific Railroad to the Trans-Siberian Railway, you'll cross the continents to experience epic journeys and staggering scenery. You'll pick a seat on the most iconic locomotives, including the Orient Express, the Blue Train, and the Eurostar. You can also inspect the engines of famous British trains, such as Rocket, Mallard, and Javelin, and international trains, such as India's Palace on Wheels and America's Thatcher Perkins. You'll meet the true pioneers of train and track, including "Father of the Railways" George Stephenson, engineering legend Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Métro maestro Fulgence Bienvenüe. For train-spotters and transport enthusiasts everywhere, this is your trip of a lifetime.

Uncle Sam's Locomotives

Author : Eugene L. Huddleston
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253340863
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Uncle Sam's Locomotives written by Eugene L. Huddleston and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Sam's Locomotives looks at these magnificent locomotives and discusses how and why the designs were chosen, how they related to existing designs, what standardization entailed, and how each performed.".

United States Army Transportation Corps Locomotives

Author : R. Tourret
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905878010
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book United States Army Transportation Corps Locomotives written by R. Tourret and published by . This book was released on 1977-12-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Railroads of the Civil War

Author : Michael Leavy
Publisher : Westholme Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781594163296
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Railroads of the Civil War written by Michael Leavy and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "iron horse" became a major weapon in the first war fully dependent on railroads. Moreover railroads would escalate and prolong the war. Leavy provides a study of trains in the Civil War through photographs and a rich narrative

Twelve Twenty-Five

Author : Kevin P. Keefe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611862034
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Twelve Twenty-Five written by Kevin P. Keefe and published by . This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This against-all-odds story of a World War II era steam locomotive captures the determination of two generations of volunteers to keep it running. The narrative traces the train s regular freight service in Michigan, its unlikely salvation from the scrapyard, and the subsequent work to bring it back to steam. This is the tale of the revival of a significant steam locomotive and a triumph of historic preservation."

Hitler's War

Author : Harry Turtledove
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 034551565X
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Hitler's War written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stroke of the pen and history is changed. In 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, determined to avoid war, signed the Munich Accord, ceding part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. But the following spring, Hitler snatched the rest of that country, and England, after a fatal act of appeasement, was fighting a war for which it was not prepared. Now, in this thrilling alternate history, another scenario is played out: What if Chamberlain had not signed the accord? In this action-packed chronicle of the war that might have been, Harry Turtledove uses dozens of points of view to tell the story: from American marines serving in Japanese-occupied China and ragtag volunteers fighting in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion in Spain to an American woman desperately trying to escape Nazi-occupied territory—and witnessing the war from within the belly of the beast. A tale of powerful leaders and ordinary people, at once brilliantly imaginative and hugely entertaining, Hitler’s War captures the beginning of a very different World War II—with a very different fate for our world today. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Harry Turtledove's The War that Came Early: West and East.

The Twentieth Train

Author : Marion Schreiber
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802141859
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The Twentieth Train written by Marion Schreiber and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2005-02-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the publisher. Marion Schreiber's gripping book about the only Nazi death train in World War II to be ambushed draws on private documents, photographs, archive material, and police reports, as well as original research, including interviews with the surviving escapees. One day in April, 1943, resistance fighter Youra Livchitz, a young doctor, discovered the departure date of the next transport train and recruited two school friends to pull off one of the most daring rescues of the entire war. Equipped with only three pairs of pliers, a hurricane lamp covered in red paper, and a single pistol, the men ambushed the train, which was transporting 1,618 Jews to Auschwitz. These three lone men freed seventeen men and women before the German guards opened fire. Miraculously, by the time the convoy had reached the German border another 225 prisoners had managed to escape unharmed and found shelter with the locals. In a testament to the solidarity of the Belgians, no one was betrayed. No one, that is, except the three young rescuers, who were turned in by a double agent, imprisoned, and killed. Like Schindler's List, The Twentieth Train creates a vivid, moving portrait of heroism under impossible circumstances.

Capturing a Locomotive

Author : William Pittenger
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332379395
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book Capturing a Locomotive written by William Pittenger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Capturing a Locomotive: A History of Secret Service in the Late War In narrating those' events which fell under his own eye, the writer has waived all scruples of delicacy, and used the first personal pronoun. This is far more sim ple and direct, while an opposite course would have savored of affectation. This is not a revision or new edition of the little volume published by the present writer during the rebellion. Daring and suffering, like a number of similar sketches published in newspapers, maga zines, and pamphlets, was a hasty narrative of per sonal adventure, and made no pretence of complete ness. Capturing A locomotive is broader and more historic; a large amount of valuable material is now employed for the first time; and the story is approached in an entirely different manner. N 0 para graph of the old book is copied into the new. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.