World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations That Changed the Course

Editor Richard ( Holmes), Penguin Putnam. The 'world atlas of warfare' provides an in-depth chronological survey of military history from the neolithic era until the present day, with special emphasis on csritical turning points in the technology of warfare -- from the bronze age war chariot to the development of gunpowder to the discovery of the atomic bomb. Among the topic discussed are famous warrior, like alexander the great, genghiz khan, and marshall tukachevskii- important social/military structures, like the 'junkers' of prussia, the 'samurai' of japan, and the 'guerrillas' of spain- and power -- as important when french knights met english archers at crecy in 1346 as when egyptian missiles took on israeli tanks in sinai in 1973. NOT UK/OM.