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This wide-ranging and extensively researched work reviews the way in which the British army exploited the potential of railways from the âdawn of the railway ageâ to the outbreak of the First World War. -- .

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‘…a recent addition to Manchester University Press’s well-established, ever imaginative, and field-defining Studies in Imperialism series.’
Douglas M. Peers, University of Waterloo, Victorian Studies, Vol. 59, No. 4

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Table of Contents

1. Public order: the army and railways
2. Railways and home defence
3. Railway experiments in mid-Victorian wars
4. Operational railways
5. Strategic railways in India
6. Sudan military railway
7. Railways on the Veld: the South African War, 1899–1902
8. Conclusion: railways and the preparation for war, 1914
Appendix 1: Working methods on the Sudan Railway, 1884–5
2. Indian volunteer railway units
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719086151, 978-0719086151
      ISBN10: 0719086159

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This wide-ranging and extensively researched work reviews the way in which the British army exploited the potential of railways from the âdawn of the railway ageâ to the outbreak of the First World War. -- .

      Trade Review

      ‘…a recent addition to Manchester University Press’s well-established, ever imaginative, and field-defining Studies in Imperialism series.’
      Douglas M. Peers, University of Waterloo, Victorian Studies, Vol. 59, No. 4

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      1. Public order: the army and railways
      2. Railways and home defence
      3. Railway experiments in mid-Victorian wars
      4. Operational railways
      5. Strategic railways in India
      6. Sudan military railway
      7. Railways on the Veld: the South African War, 1899–1902
      8. Conclusion: railways and the preparation for war, 1914
      Appendix 1: Working methods on the Sudan Railway, 1884–5
      2. Indian volunteer railway units
      Bibliography
      Index

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