There is quite a lot of information on individual countries evaluations.
I suggest that "Railways in Wartime" by E. F. Carter, pub Frederick Muller
1964 is a useful starter as it briefly covers the field from the American
Civil War, the Boer War as well as the contribution in both 'world wars'.
There are several references in the text and in the Bibliography that might
assist you.
In the UK the four main railways gave their own analyses at the end of the
1939-45 war in addition to the annual review by the government. An over
view written by OS Nock and published by Ian Allan in 1971 is 'Britains'
Railways at War 1939-1945.
Similar accounts from the 1914-1918 was are given in several Railway
Company histories.
The UK Military Engineering Handbooks give an idea of the value placed on
the Railways in War both at home and in an occupied country. I would
suggest that "Military Engineering: vol VIII Railways published by the War
Office in 1929 contains information that could be of use to you.
Good luck with your research.
At 16:43 14/09/2006, Alfonso Herranz-Loncan wrote:
>I am looking for quantitative and comparable information for different
>countries on the relative importance of military-strategic considerations
>on the development of each railway national network in Europe/the world
>before 1914. After some searching, I am not aware of any comparative
>analysis of this issue in the historical literature, and especially of any
>quantitative information that would allow a systematic comparison among
>countries (such as the length of lines that were mainly designed or used
>for military aims, or the importance of the railway corpos in the armies,
>or the importance of defence expenditures devoted to the railway
>system...). I don't know if anyone could suggest some sources of archival
>or bibliographical information where I could look for that kind of data.
regards
Bill Hillier
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