The Land Ironclads

Wells, H. G. "The Land Ironclads." The Strand Magazine Jan. 1904, Nov. 1916 (S. Moskowitz notes Strand rpt. at time British introduced tanks into WWI). Rpt. S. Moskowitz, Science Fiction by Gaslight (see under Anthologies).

Tanks as a crucial weapon in future warfare. Important story for theme of "Manhood versus Machinery" or "Mankind versus Ironmongery" (in Moskowitz 221-22), and how relatively effete, civilized men, with science and technology, can defeat more traditional warriors. Cf. Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

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