The social history of the machine gun / John Ellis ; new foreword and bibliographical essay by Edward C. Ezell.

By: Ellis, John, 1945-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986Edition: Johns Hopkins paperbacks edDescription: 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0801833582 (pbk.)Subject(s): Machine guns -- History | Military history, Modern -- 19th century | Military history, Modern -- 20th century | War and society | Sociology, MilitaryDDC classification: 355.8/2424/09 LOC classification: UF620.A2 | E38 1986
Contents:
New ways of death -- Industrialised war -- Officers and gentlemen -- Making the map red -- The trauma : 1914-18 -- A symbol of the times -- New ways of war.
Summary: "In this stunning account of the human impact of a single machine, John Ellis argues that the history of technology and military history are part and parcel of social history in general. The book, now with a new foreword by Edward C. Ezell, provides an original and fascinating interpretation of weaponry, warfare, and society in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe and America. More significantly, Ellis suggests, the machine gun was the catalyst for the modern arms race. It necessitated a technological response: first the armored tank, then the jet fighter, and, perhaps ultimately, the hydrogen bomb." -- COVER.
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Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1975.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index.

New ways of death -- Industrialised war -- Officers and gentlemen -- Making the map red -- The trauma : 1914-18 -- A symbol of the times -- New ways of war.

"In this stunning account of the human impact of a single machine, John Ellis argues that the history of technology and military history are part and parcel of social history in general. The book, now with a new foreword by Edward C. Ezell, provides an original and fascinating interpretation of weaponry, warfare, and society in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe and America. More significantly, Ellis suggests, the machine gun was the catalyst for the modern arms race. It necessitated a technological response: first the armored tank, then the jet fighter, and, perhaps ultimately, the hydrogen bomb." -- COVER.

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