Description
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive study of the use of tungsten and its role in modern technology, politics, and international trade. It combines a detailed general overview of tungsten’s uses in science and technology with a history of tungsten mining, and international competition for tungsten supplies, especially between the two world wars of the twentieth century.
Trade ReviewLimbaugh has compiled an excellent history of the technological, political, and international economics of tungsten, one of the world's most strategic metals, spanning a critical period of the 20th century."" -
CHOICE""In short, this is an excellent book, one that should serve as an inspiration and model for future mining historians."" --
Mining History Journal“
Tungsten in Peace and War will without doubt be the definitive technological and political history of a vital mineral. . . . In the hands of a less capable writer, this technological information could easily have ended up being as impenetrable as hardened steel for average readers, or even for the reader well versed in mining history. That is not the case here. . . . In many ways, this may be his most widely ranging and important book to date.” - Carlos A. Schwantes, coauthor of
The West the Railroads Made
