Mr Gatling S Terrible Marvel

Author : Julia Keller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440633591

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Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel by Julia Keller Pdf

A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic arsenal half a century later. The Gatling gun, in its combination of ingenuity, idealism, and destructive power, perfectly exemplifies the paradox of America's rise in the nineteenth century to a world superpower.

Author : C. J. Chivers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743271738

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The Gun by C. J. Chivers Pdf

Traces the history of the AK-47 assault rifle, from its inception to its use by more than fifty national armies around the world, to its role in modern-day Afghanistan, discussing how the deadly weapon has helped alter world history.

Author : Peter Smithurst
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472805980

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The Gatling Gun by Peter Smithurst Pdf

A unique chapter in the history of firearms, the multibarrel, hand-cranked Gatling gun was one of the first practical rapid-fire weapons ever to be used in battle. It changed warfare by introducing the capability to project deadly, high-intensity fire on the battlefield, and portended the devastation that automatic weapons would wreak in World War I. During its 50-year career, it saw widespread service with US, British, and other forces on a host of battlefields through conflicts in Zululand and the American West, to the Spanish-American War. Although it saw widespread use in the hands of industrialized nations against various groups of indigenous native warriors, it was famously left behind by Custer at the battle of the Little Bighorn, where some argue it could have made all the difference. Featuring full-colour artwork plus contemporary and close-up photographs, this engaging study investigates the origins, development, combat use, and lasting influence of the formidable Gatling gun.

Author : Tariq D. Khan
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780252054822

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The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean by Tariq D. Khan Pdf

The long relationship between America’s colonizing wars and virulent anticommunism The colonizing wars against Native Americans created the template for anticommunist repression in the United States. Tariq D. Khan’s analysis reveals bloodshed and class war as foundational aspects of capitalist domination and vital elements of the nation’s long history of internal repression and social control. Khan shows how the state wielded the tactics, weapons, myths, and ideology refined in America’s colonizing wars to repress anarchists, labor unions, and a host of others labeled as alien, multi-racial, multi-ethnic urban rabble. The ruling classes considered radicals of all stripes to be anticolonial insurgents. As Khan charts the decades of red scares that began in the 1840s, he reveals how capitalists and government used much-practiced counterinsurgency rhetoric and tactics against the movements they perceived and vilified as “anarchist.” Original and boldly argued, The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean offers an enlightening new history with relevance for our own time.

Author : Paul Scharre
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393608991

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Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War by Paul Scharre Pdf

"The book I had been waiting for. I can't recommend it highly enough." —Bill Gates The era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in next-generation warfare, describes these and other high tech weapons systems—from Israel’s Harpy drone to the American submarine-hunting robot ship Sea Hunter—and examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. “A smart primer to what’s to come in warfare” (Bruce Schneier), Army of None engages military history, global policy, and cutting-edge science to explore the implications of giving weapons the freedom to make life and death decisions. A former soldier himself, Scharre argues that we must embrace technology where it can make war more precise and humane, but when the choice is life or death, there is no replacement for the human heart.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Commerce
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133499645

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The Economist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Military history
ISBN : UVA:X030297375

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Military History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alvin K. Benson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000067584376

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Inventors and Inventions by Alvin K. Benson Pdf

In-depth critical essays on important men and women inventors of all time, from around the world. Features 409 essays covering 413 individual inventors (including twenty seven women).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : MINN:31951P01088876Q

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Issues in Science and Technology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UCSC:32106017985323

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Choice by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCSD:31822036343069

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alvin K. Benson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000067584451

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Great Lives from History by Alvin K. Benson Pdf

In-depth critical essays on important men and women inventors of all time, from around the world. Features 409 essays covering 413 individual inventors (including twenty seven women).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : UOM:39015083730187

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The North Carolina Historical Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1660 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Indexes
ISBN : UCD:31175033128144

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The New York Times Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Wahl,Donald R. Toppel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Gatling guns
ISBN : 0668045140

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The Gatling Gun by Paul Wahl,Donald R. Toppel Pdf