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Author : Edwin A. Pratt
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Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : Good Press
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Total Pages : 434 pages
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Download or read book The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914" by Edwin A. Pratt is a book about transportation and the military. The time has not yet come for telling all that the railways have thus far done during the war which has still to be fought out. That story, in the words of a railwayman concerned therein, is at present "a sealed book." Meanwhile, however, it is desirable that the position as defined in the second of the two considerations given should be fully realized, in order that what the railways and, so far as they have been aided by them, the combatants, have accomplished or are likely to accomplish may be better understood when the sealed book becomes an open one.
Author : Edwin a Pratt
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ISBN 13 : 9781783317448
Total Pages : 422 pages
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Download or read book The Rise of Rail Power in War and Conquest 1833-1914 written by Edwin a Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steam Trains were cutting-edge weapons of war in the 19th century - and all the major powers were figuring out how to deploy them. The Europeans learned how to move troops by train. The Americans - how to fight on rail cars. The British, meanwhile, found they could dominate an empire from the tracks.
Author : Edwin A. Pratt
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ISBN 13 : 9781330845592
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (455 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Rail-Power written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise of Rail-Power: In War and Conquest, 1833 1914; With a Bibliography The extent to which railways are being used in the present War of the Nations has taken quite by surprise a world whose military historians, in their accounts of what armies have done or have failed to do on the battle-field in the past, have too often disregarded such matters of detail as to how the armies got there and the possible effect of good or defective transport conditions, including the maintenance of supplies and communications, on the whole course of a campaign. In the gigantic struggle now proceeding, these matters of detail are found to be of transcendant importance. The part which railways are playing in the struggle has, indeed - in keeping with the magnitude of the struggle itself - assumed proportions unexampled in history. Whilst this is so it is, nevertheless, a remarkable fact that although much has been said as to the conditions of military unpreparedness in which the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914, found the Allies, there has, so far as I am aware, been no suggestion of any inability on the part of the railways to meet, at once, from the very moment war was declared, all the requirements of military transport. In this respect, indeed, the organisation, the preparedness, and the efficiency throughout alike of the British and of the French railways have been fully equal to those of the German railways themselves. 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.
Author : Edvin A. Pratt
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Download or read book The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest 1833-1914 written by Edvin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781507563380
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (633 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...] The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest CHAPTER I A New Factor While the original purpose of railways was to promote the arts of peace, [...]."
Author : Edwin a Pratt
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015712447
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914, With a Bibliography written by Edwin a Pratt and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Edwin a. 1854-1922 Pratt
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ISBN 13 : 9781363947591
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (475 download)
Download or read book RISE OF RAIL-POWER IN WAR & CO written by Edwin a. 1854-1922 Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499286458
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extent to which railways are being used in the present War of the Nations has taken quite by surprise a world whose military historians, in their accounts of what armies have done or have failed to do on the battle-field in the past, have too often disregarded such matters of detail as to how the armies got there and the possible effect of good or defective transport conditions, including the maintenance of supplies and communications, on the whole course of a campaign.In the gigantic struggle now proceeding, these matters of detail are found to be of transcendant importance. The part which railways are playing in the struggle has, indeed—in keeping with the magnitude of the struggle itself—assumed proportions unexampled in history. Whilst this is so it is, nevertheless, a remarkable fact that although much has been said as to the conditions of military unpreparedness in which the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914, found the Allies, there has, so far as I am aware, been no suggestion of any inability on the part of the railways to meet, at once, from the very moment war was declared, all the requirements of military transport. In this respect, indeed, the organisation, the preparedness, and the efficiency throughout alike of the British and of the French railways have been fully equal to those of the German railways themselves.
Author : Tony Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113401516X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Material Powers written by Tony Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection is a major contribution to the current development of a ‘material turn’ in the social sciences and humanities. It does so by exploring new understandings of how power is made up and exercised by examining the role of material infrastructures in the organization of state power and the role of material cultural practices in the organization of colonial forms of governance. A diverse range of historical examples is drawn on in illustrating these concerns – from the role of territorial engineering projects in seventeenth-century France through the development of the postal system in nineteenth-century Britain to the relations between the state and road-building in contemporary Peru, for example. The colonial contexts examined are similarly varied, ranging from the role of photographic practices in the constitution of colonial power in India and the measurement of the bodies of the colonized in French colonial practices to the part played by the relations between museums and expeditions in the organization of Australian forms of colonial rule. These specific concerns are connected to major critical re-examination of the limits of the earlier formulations of cultural materialism and the logic of the ‘cultural turn’. The collection brings together a group of key international scholars whose work has played a leading role in debates in and across the fields of history, visual culture studies, anthropology, geography, cultural studies, museum studies, and literary studies.
Author : Edwin a Pratt
Publisher : War College Series
ISBN 13 : 9781298400987
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914, with a Bibliography - War College Series written by Edwin a Pratt and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
Author : Bruce Elleman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317465474
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Manchurian Railways and the Opening of China: An International History written by Bruce Elleman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railways of Manchuria offer an intriguing vantage point for an international history of northeast Asia. Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1916, the only rail route from the Imperial Russian capital of St. Petersburg to the Pacific port of Vladivostok transited Manchuria. A spur line from the Manchurian city of Harbin led south to ice-free Port Arthur. Control of these two rail lines gave Imperial Russia military, economic, and political advantages that excited rivalry on the part of Japan and unease on the part of weak and divided China. Meanwhile, the effort to defend and retain that strategic hold against rising Japanese power strained distant Moscow. Control of the Manchurian railways was contested in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5; Japan's 1931 invasion and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo; the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in Asia; and, the Chinese civil war that culminated in the Communist victory over the Nationalists. Today, the railways are critical to plans for development of China's sparsely populated interior. This volume brings together an international group of scholars to explore this fascinating history.
Author : Henry Stevens Haines
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Total Pages : 746 pages
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Download or read book Efficient Railway Operation written by Henry Stevens Haines and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emily O. Goldman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113682779X
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Information and Revolutions in Military Affairs written by Emily O. Goldman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the industrial revolution before it, the information technology revolution appears to be creating a new ruling class, a new economy and a new society. Information technology is also transforming military operations and warfare. A vast literature on the revolution in military affairs (or "RMA") cites the important (indeed, dominant) role of information technology in enabling a new military revolution. This volume challenges conventional wisdom not by claiming that information's impact on military operations is not "positive" or "transformative" but by claiming its impact is not "new". Previous periods of military revolution can also be characterized as information revolutions. Through the close examination of six case studies of military transformation during the industrial age, the contributors to this volume demonstrate how the employment of emerging information systems was critical to realizing a major boost in military effectiveness. The most successful adaptations to the new environment were made by the most skillful users of information. This volume draws upon the expertise of leading military historians, political scientists and defense practitioners to craft a set of original essays that provide the first retrospective examination of how information affects the process of military revolution. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Journal of Strategic Studies.
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Total Pages : 338 pages
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Download or read book Special Bibliography Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel H. Deudney
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400837278
Total Pages : 410 pages
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Download or read book Bounding Power written by Daniel H. Deudney and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realism, the dominant theory of international relations, particularly regarding security, seems compelling in part because of its claim to embody so much of Western political thought from the ancient Greeks to the present. Its main challenger, liberalism, looks to Kant and nineteenth-century economists. Despite their many insights, neither realism nor liberalism gives us adequate tools to grapple with security globalization, the liberal ascent, and the American role in their development. In reality, both realism and liberalism and their main insights were largely invented by republicans writing about republics. The main ideas of realism and liberalism are but fragments of republican security theory, whose primary claim is that security entails the simultaneous avoidance of the extremes of anarchy and hierarchy, and that the size of the space within which this is necessary has expanded due to technological change. In Daniel Deudney's reading, there is one main security tradition and its fragmentary descendants. This theory began in classical antiquity, and its pivotal early modern and Enlightenment culmination was the founding of the United States. Moving into the industrial and nuclear eras, this line of thinking becomes the basis for the claim that mutually restraining world government is now necessary for security and that political liberty cannot survive without new types of global unions. Unique in scope, depth, and timeliness, Bounding Power offers an international political theory for our fractious and perilous global village.
Author : Edwin A. Pratt
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ISBN 13 : 9780243691562
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Download or read book Rise of Rail-Power written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
