Episode 2 — The Gun Comes Home Then Goes to War Again. After the American Civil War, the machine gun returns as an instrument of domestic repression and colonial conquest. From Ludlow to Cuba and the Philippines, the weapon follows the empire it helped build.
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At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the machine gun has been a tool of conquest – and of liberation.
Everywhere, it has unleashed consequences its creators never imagined. This is the history of one of the world’s deadliest inventions, a story of technological innovation, the industrial revolution, and political power.
Machine Gun: History Down the Barrel of a Gun, is a sweeping look at the rise of the American empire.
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