Railways and international politics
Railways and international politics paths of empire, 1848-1945 / [electronic resource] :
edited by T.G. Otte and Keith Neilson.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- x, 243 p.
- Military history and policy ; 24 .
- Military history and policy ; 24. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. 'Railpolitik' : an introduction / Keith Neilson and T.G. Otte -- 2. Railroads, the Prussian army, and the German way of war in the nineteenth century / Dennis E. Showalter -- 3. 'The most catastrophic question' : railway development and military strategy in late imperial Russia / Anthony J. Heywood -- 4. The Sanjak of Novibazar Railway project / F.R. Bridge -- 5. The railway-oceanic era, the India-China and India-Singapore railway schemes, and Siam / Nigel Brailey -- 6. 'The Baghdad railway of the Far East' : the Tientsin-Yangtze railway and Anglo-German relations, 1898-1911 / T.G. Otte -- 7. Lord Curzon and British strategic railways in Central Asia before, during and after the First World War / John Fisher -- 8. The Baghdad to Haifa railway : the culmination of railway planning for Imperial defence east of Suez / Keith Neilson -- 9. Managing the hajj : Indian pilgrim traffic, public health and transportation in Arabia, 1918-1930 / Martin Thomas -- 10. Barometer of war : British views of imperial security in the far east, Russo-Japanese relations and the Chinese Eastern railway, 1929-1935 / Greg Kennedy -- 11. Swiss trans-Alpine railway lines : strategic railways and the strategy of deterrence / Neville Wylie.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203350232 (e-book : PDF)
Railroads--History--19th century.
Railroads--History--20th century.
World politics--19th century.
World politics--20th century.
Electronic books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. 'Railpolitik' : an introduction / Keith Neilson and T.G. Otte -- 2. Railroads, the Prussian army, and the German way of war in the nineteenth century / Dennis E. Showalter -- 3. 'The most catastrophic question' : railway development and military strategy in late imperial Russia / Anthony J. Heywood -- 4. The Sanjak of Novibazar Railway project / F.R. Bridge -- 5. The railway-oceanic era, the India-China and India-Singapore railway schemes, and Siam / Nigel Brailey -- 6. 'The Baghdad railway of the Far East' : the Tientsin-Yangtze railway and Anglo-German relations, 1898-1911 / T.G. Otte -- 7. Lord Curzon and British strategic railways in Central Asia before, during and after the First World War / John Fisher -- 8. The Baghdad to Haifa railway : the culmination of railway planning for Imperial defence east of Suez / Keith Neilson -- 9. Managing the hajj : Indian pilgrim traffic, public health and transportation in Arabia, 1918-1930 / Martin Thomas -- 10. Barometer of war : British views of imperial security in the far east, Russo-Japanese relations and the Chinese Eastern railway, 1929-1935 / Greg Kennedy -- 11. Swiss trans-Alpine railway lines : strategic railways and the strategy of deterrence / Neville Wylie.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203350232 (e-book : PDF)
Railroads--History--19th century.
Railroads--History--20th century.
World politics--19th century.
World politics--20th century.
Electronic books.