Description |
320 pages : color illustrations ; 37 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Summary |
Looks at the development of weapons throughout history, from stone and copper axheads to chemical and biological tools, and includes features on firearm producers and the weapons used in the Crusades, the Civil War, and other conflicts. |
Contents |
Pt. 1. Prehistoric and ancient weapons, 4500BC-AD100 -- pt. 2. The origins of warfare, AD100-1500 -- pt. 3. Early modern warfare, 1150-1850 -- pt. 4. War, defense, and a changing world, 18th and 19th century -- pt. 5. The world at war, 20th century and beyond. |
Subject |
Military weapons -- History.
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Military weapons -- Pictorial works.
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Subject |
Military weapons. (OCoLC)fst01021577
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ISBN |
9781607105015 |
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1607105012 |
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