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Presents a history of battles, from the hand-to-hand combat of the ancient Assyrians to the artillery actions of World War I.

A photo essay examining the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the Wild West.

This is a photo essay examining the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the Wild West.

Be an eyewitness to awesome and bloody weapons such as swords, knuckledusters, and pistols - and the equipment used to deflect deadly slashes, blows, and bullets.

Discusses the weapons of American Civil War soldiers and different means of warfare used during that conflict.

A comprehensive photographic overview that draws from the Smithsonian Institute collection, showcases everything from the earliest, most primitive weapons such as flint axes to the automatic weapons of the twentieth century.

Reveals how the United States government is developing energy weapons that discharge light-wave energy and explores how those weapons will change modern warfare.

A history of swords, discussing their symbolism, their role in myth and mysticism, the beauty of the form of the sword, and their function.