The New Face of War
Journal: Oxford University Press eBooks
Year: 2024

Abstract Never before in the age of gunpowder had the weapons of war revealed such destructive power as they did at Crimea, especially the rifle and long-range artillery. Moreover, supporting systems, like the railroad and the telegraph, made their debut during the war and only sped up the means by which soldiers could kill each other. At the same time, however, in the trenches even bigger killers were disease, hunger, and the elements—made all the more tragic because the means to combat these w