Bullets and Bureaucrats
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Bullets and Bureaucrats

The Machine Gun and the United States Army, 1861-1916

  1. 239 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Bullets and Bureaucrats

The Machine Gun and the United States Army, 1861-1916

About this book

"This interesting account of the development of the machine gun takes the reader from the Gatling guns of the Civil War to the eve of WWI....This book provides an important look at the inability of military bureaucracy to rise above inertia and find a place for a demonstrably better weapon. It is highly recommended for all service schools and colleges with a large ROTC program; it will be a useful acquisition for all undergraduate libraries with a military history collection."–Choice

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Yes, you can access Bullets and Bureaucrats by David A. Armstrong,Jay Luvaas in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Military & Maritime History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
1982
Print ISBN
9780313230295
eBook ISBN
9780313040436

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. I. Promise Denied and Opportunity Lost, 1861-1863
  6. II. A Bold Step Forward, 1863-1866
  7. III. Inertia Takes Over, 1866-1880
  8. IV. In Pursuit of Perfection, 1881-1897
  9. V. Combat and Its Results, 1898-1901
  10. VI. From Stepchild Invention to Standard Equipment, 1901-1906
  11. VII. A Failed Experiment, 1907-1909
  12. VIII. A Mistake and Its Consequences: The Benet-Mercie, 1909-1913
  13. IX. An Inadequate Staff and a Minimal Solution, 1914-1916
  14. X. Conclusion
  15. Bibliographical Notes
  16. Index