The portraits of Mikhail Kalashnikov's forerunners, Richard J. Gatling and Hiram Maxim (whose entertaining character comes across bizarrely at odds with the devastation his machine wrought on the fields of Flanders) stand in effective contrast to Kalashnikov, the curiously unsympathetic Russian sergeant, and lend the book depth.
Turkish wounded and survivors could be seen moving back to a gully, but in the growing light they were in full view of an 11th Battalion machine-gun, which caused devastation amongst their ranks.
If the popular vote in the 2012 election is down in New York City, you can blame it on the new voting machines -- and, of course, on the devastation caused by Sandy.
By now the 8th Battalion had positioned two machine-guns to cover their front, which caused devastation amongst the attackers, and to their left the 4th Battalion also became involved.
Though the devastations of war are painfully individualized, its violence is left generic: whether the work of artillery shells or land mines, machine guns or bayonets, the destruction of the body is presented as the woeful lot of mankind itself.
If we want an alternative to stagnation, impoverishment and ecological devastation, we're just going to have to figure out a way to unplug the machine and start again.
Dozens of volunteers helped club staff shift debris including televisions, washing machines, benches, tables and gym equipment as the full scale of the devastation inside the stadium became clear.
The spin machine was turned on and the goal was to dial up a little sensationalization to complement that devastation.
If that incident fits into the category of "disaster" the media machine kicks into overdrive and consumes our attention with the stories of individuals who are directly impacted by the devastation the particular disaster has wrought.
