Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor

DK

ISBN 10: 0756622107 / ISBN 13: 9780756622107

Published by DK Publishing, London, England, 2006

About this Item

Illlustrated DJ, brown boards. NEW, in original shrink-wrap, The epic 4,000-yrear illustrated story of weaponry. Discover the innovative design, broad range, lethal function, and brutal history of arms, from stone axes to heavy machine guns and grenades, crossbows and arrows to samurai swords. Warriors-from Roman legionaries, Mongol horseman, Aztecs and Plains Indians, through the French infantrymen of World War I and US Navy Seals-are portrayed with the weapons they developed and wielded. Gift Quality. All our books are shipped triple-wrapped or boxed, never "naked" in a mylar bag!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor
• Publisher: DK Publishing, London, England
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0756622107
• ISBN 13: 9780756622107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

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Synopsis

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 today''s 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.

Reviews

Written by a team of British military historians, this oversize volume seizes attention with the publisher's brand-name design: images surrounded by information-packed captions silhouetted against a white or a black background. Its pictures are sure to snare the substantial audience interested in the history of swords, guns, and body armor. Limiting the subject to portable armaments, the work extends from the first likely weapon (a rock) to the rifles issued to contemporary infantrymen. In most cases, the emphasis is on the tools of the ordinary soldier, his equipage through time explained with arrowed illustrations. The evolution of handheld weaponry is soon apparent, with that of firearms especially prominent. Some guns depicted here will be recognizable (think AK-47) even to those who recoil from guns. Explaining how such lethal equipment works is Weapon's forte; another asset is the comparison of weapon categories across a suite of historical societies. Popular? That's a foregone conclusion. Gilbert Taylor
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