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Instruments of War - Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,403
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Instruments of War - Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History (Hardcover): Spencer C. Tucker

Instruments of War - Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History (Hardcover)

Spencer C. Tucker

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This highly detailed and well-illustrated single-volume work documents the evolution of warfare across history through weaponry and technological change. In war, the weapons and technologies employed have direct effects on how battles are waged. When new weapons are introduced, they can dramatically alter the outcomes of warfare-and consequently change the course of history itself. This reference work provides a fascinating overview of the major weapon systems and military technologies that have had a major impact on world history. Addressing weapons as crude as the club used by primitive man to the high-tech weapons of today such as unmanned drones, Instruments of War: Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History offers nearly 270 profusely illustrated entries that examine the key roles played by specific weapons and identify their success and failures. The book begins with an introductory essay that frames the subject matter of the work and discusses the history of weapons as a whole. The text is concise and accessible to general readers without extensive backgrounds in military history yet provides the detailed information necessary to convey the complexity of the evolution of warfare through technological change. Contains more than 260 entries of weapons and technological changes Features 25 sidebars that provide interesting insights as to the employment of the weapons and changes Appropriate for students in high school, college, and military academies as well as general readers interested in the history of weaponry Provides a bibliography and index

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Imprint: Greenwood Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2015
Authors: Spencer C. Tucker
Dimensions: 186 x 263 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 978-1-4408-3654-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
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LSN: 1-4408-3654-X
Barcode: 9781440836541

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