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Author Willis, Chuck.

Title The illustrated encyclopedia of weaponry : from flint axes to automatic weapons / Chuck Willis.

Publication Info. San Diego, Calif. : Thunder Bay Press in association with the Berman Museum of World History, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  OVERSIZE 623.4 WILLIS    Check Shelf
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.
Military weapons -- Pictorial works.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Subject Military weapons. (OCoLC)fst01021577
ISBN 9781607105015
1607105012
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