Podcast
Behind the Bastards
It was mentioned in the context of the British glorifying the idea of the colonial soldier with a rifle and associating it with a sense of manhood, while obscuring the significance of the Maxim gun in achieving victory.
Apart from his physique, the Britisher has no particular qualification as a cavalier and he lacks the quick intelligence of the born artillerymen. But give him a rifle and a bayonet and let him have t...
— Episode: Hiram Maxim, Inventor of the Machine-Gun...
Episode: Hiram Maxim, Inventor of the Machine-Gun and Curli...
It was mentioned in the context of the British glorifying the idea of the colonial soldier with a rifle and associating it with a sense of manhood, while obscuring the significance of the Maxim gun in achieving victory.
Apart from his physique, the Britisher has no particular qualification as a cavalier and he lacks the quick intelligence of the born artillerymen. But give him a rifle and a bayonet and let him have two years training to make a man of him and yet two more to remind him that he cannot be one without the other.
Episode: Hiram Maxim, Inventor of the Machine-Gun and Curli...
It was discussed in the context of the British Empire and the emphasis on the rifle as a symbol of masculinity, a narrative that overshadowed the role of the Maxim gun.
Apart from his physique, the Britisher has no particular qualification as a cavalier and he lacks the quick intelligence of the born artillerymen. But give him a rifle and a bayonet and let him have two years training to make a man of him and yet two more to remind him that he cannot be one without the other.