David A. Armstrong, Jay Luvaas

Bullets and Bureaucrats (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 239
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 1982
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313040436
• Artikelnr.: 68703510

Autorenporträt

David Armstrong wrote his first poem as a teenager, for personal satisfaction, but like so many young writers, he ended up putting his writing on the back burner until much later in life. Having recently retired from Ontario Hydro after forty-four years, he has been enjoying the opportunity to revisit past interests, like writing poetry, motorbiking, wildlife, fostering dogs, and taking care of the world's largest perpetually full bird feeder/bees nest, which is in his own backyard. David's wife passed away in 2003 after a long battle with cancer, but he enjoys spending time with his two children and five grandchildren, and looks forward to meeting his first great-grandchild, who is on the way. David lives in Scarborough, Ontario with his foster dogs....