military weapons

A brief overview of World War II weapons used by both the Allied and Axis forces including field weapons and heavy artillery.

Describes United States military equipment and weapons of the twenty-first century.

Describes the weapons of the Civil War, including small arms and larger weapons.

Describes a variety of weapons from ancient times focusing on hunting tools, sharp rocks, pointed sticks, stone daggers, and boomerangs. Later on weapons were made from copper, bronze, and iron. When soldiers began to ride in chariots, they developed weapons they could hurl against walls of castles and ships from which they could throw deadly weapons of war.

Explores the historical weapons and gear the soldiers of the American Revolutionary War used on the battlefield.

Examines why some developments in government and military technology were total failures and why some have had long-term success and explains what can be learned by studying bad ideas and failed attempts.

Describes the art and science of warfare in the twenty-first century including guerrilla warfare and terrorism, biochemical and nuclear weapons, communication and intelligence, and the future of soldiers and battlefields.

A color-illustrated overview of ancient Rome's military forces, weapons, and warring techniques. Includes a time line and a further-reading list.

Examines the changes in weapons and tactics that impacted the way war was waged during World War I.

Discusses the principal causes and events of World War I and considers what the outcome might have been for the participants and subsequent history had different decisions been made at crucial times before, during, and after the war.