Presents a comprehensive examination of fifty individual, manned, and unmanned weapons that significantly changed the world such as Greek Fire, large artillery pieces, the Minie Rifle, armored ships, land mines, submarines, and more.
Presents a study of the history of high-tech weaponry including anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, weapons of World War Two, German V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets, and twenty-first century weapons.
Contains fourteen essays that offer different perspectives on issues related to weaponry and warfare, discussing nuclear weapons, biological weapons, landmines, threats of terrorists, and related topics.
Traces the history of weapons and warfare in the early, high or central, and late Middle Ages, covering the Germanic invaders, the feudal system, knights, the Hundred Years' War, and other topics.
This book describes the fighting robots, the firearms such as the AK47 and the M16 rifles, the extreme explosives such as rocket-propelled grenades, and military vehicles such as the M1A2 Abrams tanks and the F-22 Raptor fighter planes used in modern day conflicts.
Chronicles the evolution of weapons and armor from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginnings of the Reformation, covering the early medieval, Carolingian, Crusade, and late medieval periods. Includes illustrations.
Presents a comprehensive study of the history of weapons used in warfare from the development of firearms in the fourteenth century to twentieth-century assault rifles including early breech-loaders and Winchesters, flintlocks, repeaters, bolt-action rifles, and the AK-47.
