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Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways (2010)

by Christian Wolmar

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I wanted to like this book, but although interesting, the material was perhaps enough for a small paperback rather than being spread out over a larger book. And in the end Wolmar's style started to irritate me. ( )
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We are used to thinking of railways as a benign invention which brought untold benefits to the world.
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Explains how the birth of the railroad forever changed how wars were fought, from the Crimean War and American Civil War through both world wars, the Korean War, and the Cold War and its mysterious missile trains.

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