Lincoln and the Tools of War - Paperbackby Robert V. Bruce (Author), Benjamin P. Thomas (Foreword by) Lincoln and the Tools of War, first published in 1956, is the masterful account by Pulitzer Prize winning historian Robert V. Bruce (1923 2008) of Abraham Lincoln's efforts to equip the Union Army during the Civil War. Fascinated by mechanical gadgetry and technology, Lincoln introduced breechloaders and machine guns into warfare and promoted the use of incendiary weapons, ironclad