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Evans, A.A.; Gibbons, David

 
9781903025734: The Compact Timeline of Military History
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1903025737 ISBN 13 : 9781903025734
Editeur : Worth Press Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

This book presents an overview of world military history in all its many aspects, beginning with a summary of warfare in the context of weapons development. Running through the core of the book is a chronological Timeline of Military Events - wars, campaigns and battles - from earliest times to the present. Facing this are illustrated sections expanding upon, and providing background to, the facts in the chronology, with: biographies of the principal commanders and leaders; weapons, from spears and swords to artillery and ballistic missiles; armour, from shields and breastplates to battle tanks; fortification, castles and siege warfare; aircraft, from balloons to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; plus maps of selected battles. Completing the book is a comprehensive A-Z reference guide to two thousand of the Great Battles of History.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book presents an overview of world military history in all its many aspects, beginning with a summary of warfare in the context of weapons development. Running through the core of the book is a chronological Timeline of Military Events - wars, campaigns and battles - from earliest times to the present. Facing this are illustrated sections expanding upon, and providing background to, the facts in the chronology, with: biographies of the principal commanders and leaders; weapons, from spears and swords to artillery and ballistic missiles; armour, from shields and breastplates to battle tanks; fortification, castles and siege warfare; aircraft, from balloons to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; plus maps of selected battles. Completing the book is a comprehensive A-Z reference guide to two thousand of the Great Battles of History.

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Éditeur
Worth Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1903025737
ISBN 13 
9781903025734
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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