Armament and History: The Influence of Armament on History from the Dawn of Classical Warfare to the End of the Second World War

by J.F.C. Fuller

Book Overview

Although skill, leadership, strategy, and number of forces have been important factors in battles, armaments have played the most decisive role in determining ultimate military victory. Entranced by the power and precision of armaments, man has continuously invented faster, more accurate, and more devastating weapons, from the javelin, stone axe, sword, and the arrow to the cannon, musket, rifle, tank, super-fortress, and missile. In this study of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306808595
• ISBN13: 9780306808593
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"