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Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor

By Roger Ford , R. G. Grant , Adrian Gilbert

Book information

Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Year
2006
ISBN
978-0-7566-2210-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
73 MB (77047628 bytes)
Pages
0\364
Time added
2016-12-31 01:33:33

Description

For 4,000 years weapons, and the warriors who used them,have acted as the cutting edge of history, using ax, spear, bow, sword, gun, and cannon to determine the rise of kingdoms and the fall of empires. From the stone axes of the earliest warfare to the heavy artillery of todays modern armies,this awe-inspiring book portrays for the first time the entire spectrum of weaponry. Illustrations explain key features and working mechanisms of important weapons Beautifully photographed and richly cataloged-often in actual size Details weapons that changed the face of warfare, from the sword to the Gatling gun.

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