To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World’s Greatest Railroad
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (808 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610394526 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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More positively, the Russians were able to resist the Nazi invasion during the Second World War as new routes enabled whole industries to be sent east. Exceeding all expectations, it became, according to Wolmar, the best thing that ever happened to Siberia.”It was not all good news, however. To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travelfull of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. The railroad was the cause of the 19041905 Russo-Japanese War, and played a vitaland at times bloodyrole in the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Civil War. Once built, it led to the establishment of new cities and transformed the region’s history. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian railroad, the vital artery for Russian expansion that spans almost 6,000 miles and seven time zones from Moscow to Vladivostok. The world&r
Amazon Customer said It was good however on the place of the Trans-Siberian RR in. I expected more on the trials and tribulations of the actual construction. It was good however on the place of the Trans-Siberian RR in the history of Russia and the Far East. A fine general treatment Cournot This is a great book describing much about the Trans-Siberian Railway. The best parts involve the political consequences of the project. I found the stuff about the Russo-Japanese war (and the railway's role in it) very interesting as were the parts about the Russian revolution. For my tastes there was too little about the technical problems of building the railway. But if you're interested in a sweeping overall view, this is a nice compromise.. I enjoy history very much and revel in the minutia of I enjoy history very much and revel in the minutia of how things get done. So this book delivered on those points. I think I would have liked to know more about the actual construction of the railroad as well as the politics of the construction of the railroad. I guess history buffs are never satisfied. It is very apparent that public works projects always get bogged down in bureaucracy. Times haven't changed that much! I enjoyed reading this book and only the jumping around the timeline made it not 5
For this seasoned transportation maven and author he has covered transport for major British newspapers and has written several excellent works of rail history including Blood, Iron and Gold” railroads are not only engineering marvels, they are also social and political acts. Its ecological costincluding permanent damage to the fragile permafrostmay lead some readers to question whether the Trans-Siberian was truly the "best thing that ever happened to Siberia," as Mr. But he is surely right to say that its creation helped to shape the destiny of Russia and with it, that of Europe and the modern world.” Wall Street JournalIf the world’s railways have a laureate, it is surely Christian Wolmar. Wolmar suggests. There are gripping narratives to be told about transport infrastructure, and surely this is one.”Publishers Weekly Wolmar has combined the