(Paperback)

Now in paperback, "Barbed Wire" demonstrates that the invention of barbed wire was a major breakthrough with far-reaching consequences. Cheap and mass-produced, barbed wire accomplished what no other product did before it, or has since done more effectively: the control of vast amounts of open space.

(Hardback)

In a narrative that spans the history of the American frontier, the trenches of World War I, the Holocaust, and beyond, "Barbed Wire" looks unflinchingly at a central and fascinating thread of modern life. Rare photos.