Isbn: 9780749923525 - the machine gun: the story of the men and the weapon that changed the face of war (10 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 308 pages. Text tanned The machine gun is a uniquely American invention that, more than any other singl e invention, revolutionized the way in which war was waged. Machine Gun tells the story of the people responsible for the development of the weapon itself - b eginning with Samuel Colt's creation of the first mass-produced, rapid-firing re volver; to Dr. Richard Gatling and his Gatling Gun; and Hiram Maxim, whose Maxim Gun was the first truly automatic weapon.In this engrossing history, Smith trac es the uses of the rapid-fire gun and its slow integration into the weaponry of military forces around the world. First used primarily to 'pacify' native popula tions, the machine gun was not fully integrated into military tactics until afte r the unprecedented casualties of World War I and the resultant social upheaval that utterly changed the very nature of tactical warfare. Machine Gun is an en thralling account of the people who invented and promoted the weapon, how it aff ected the very nature of warfare, and of the society out of which it arose - and which it in turn transformed inexorably.…