This is a detailed study of the development of the Russian small arms industry. Humiliated in the Crimean War, Russia turned to the United States for help. Using archival sources, Bradley, author of Muzhik and Muscovite: Urbanization in Late Imperial Russia (Univ. of California Pr., 1985), describes the role of famous gunsmiths like Colt, Smith, and Wesson; they provided Russia with machinery, tools, production techniques, and even workers to build an independent arms industry. Assimilation was only partially successful; an inflexible economy hindered military modernization. A 30-page bibliography and 40 pages of footnotes testify to Bradley's meticulous research and academic style. Recommended for specialists.
| ISBN: | 9781644698099 |
| Publication date: | 7th June 2022 |
| Author: | Joseph Bradley |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 362 pages |
| Genres: |
Warfare and defence Military engineering Military history |
This is a detailed study of the development of the Russian small arms industry. Humiliated in the Crimean War, Russia turned to the United States for help. Using archival sources, Bradley, author of Muzhik and Muscovite: Urbanization in Late Imperial Russia (Univ. of California Pr., 1985), describes the role of famous gunsmiths like Colt, Smith, and Wesson; they provided Russia with machinery, tools, production techniques, and even workers to build an independent arms industry. Assimilation was only partially successful; an inflexible economy hindered military modernization. A 30-page bibliography and 40 pages of footnotes testify to Bradley's meticulous research and academic style. Recommended for specialists.
Guns for the Tsar features in the following genres: Warfare and defence, Military engineering, Military history
Guns for the Tsar is available in Hardback
Guns for the Tsar was written by Joseph Bradley and published by Academic Studies Press
Guns for the Tsar has 362 pages
£26.09