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100 1 _aPratt, Edwin A.,
_d1854-1922
245 1 4 _aThe Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-03-30
508 _aProduced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
520 _a"The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914" by Edwin A. Pratt is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the significant impact and utilization of railways in military conflicts from the mid-19th century up to World War I. It examines how rail transportation reshaped warfare tactics, troop movements, and the logistics of supporting armies, especially in the context of notable wars such as the American Civil War and the Franco-German War. The opening of the book introduces the concept that railways, while initially designed for peaceful purposes, quickly became integral to modern warfare due to their capacity for rapid troop and supply movement. Pratt discusses early discussions and proposals regarding the military use of railways, particularly emphasizing the foresight of military leaders and transport officials in various countries who recognized the strategic advantages railways could offer. Furthermore, he highlights archival examples and early methodologies that illustrate how railways began influencing military campaigns, ultimately laying the groundwork for the comprehensive exploration of rail transport's role in war that follows in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aTransportation, Military
653 _aRailroads
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42438
999 _c83277
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