Ild, vand og stål................................................................................................................... 59
Industrialiseringen som logistisk system..........................................................................................59Våbenet som maskine.......................................................................................................................60Vickers-koncernen............................................................................................................................61Produktionen.....................................................................................................................................61Maxims charmeoffensiv...................................................................................................................62Konsolidering...................................................................................................................................63Arbejdet og tiden..............................................................................................................................64Uddannelse.......................................................................................................................................65
Imperialisme i praksis........................................................................................................ 67
Lugard i Buganda.............................................................................................................................67Maskingeværets præventive effekt...................................................................................................68Wa Ingleza og Wa Fransa.................................................................................................................69Slaget om Mengo..............................................................................................................................70Angrebet på Bulingugwe..................................................................................................................71Et indirekte kolonistyre....................................................................................................................72Den moralske effekt..........................................................................................................................73
Fortællingens logistik......................................................................................................... 74
Et folkeligt ikon................................................................................................................................74Usynlighed........................................................................................................................................74Røgfrit krudt.....................................................................................................................................76Vidensdeling.....................................................................................................................................77The beast that went pooh! pooh!......................................................................................................78Imperialismens spejl.........................................................................................................................80
Felttoget, der kom til tiden................................................................................................. 82
Italiens Thermopylæ.........................................................................................................................82Et personligt opgør...........................................................................................................................82Industrialiseringens arsenal..............................................................................................................84Forsyninger.......................................................................................................................................85Konfrontationen................................................................................................................................86De-territorialisering..........................................................................................................................87
Hvad Mahdien ikke vidste................................................................................................. 89
At træde udenfor rammen.................................................................................................................89
The Beast That Went Pooh! Pooh!.................................................................................... 92
Abstract in English...........................................................................................................................92
Bibliografi........................................................................................................................... 95
Forsideillustration : Tegning fra
Scientific American
, 5. marts 1887, der illustrerer Hiram Maxims overdragelsetil Henry M. Stanley af et Maxim maskingevær i efteråret 1886 til brug under Emin Pasha-ekspeditionen.Stanley sidder på våbenets sæde, bag dets specialdesignede pileskjold. Maxim ses stående til højre.
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