Armament And History: The Influence Of Armament On History From The Dawn Of Classical Warfare To The End Of The Second World War

Name: Armament And History: The Influence Of Armament On History From The Dawn Of Classical Warfare To The End Of The Second World War
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By Fuller, J. F. C.

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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 the influence of armaments on history, J.F.C. Fuller shows how the inventive genius of man can potentially obliterate his sense of moral values and destroy civilization. Divided into armament epochsAges of Valour, Chivalry, Gunpowder, Steam, Oil, and Atomic EnergyArmament and History examines the most influential military innovations of each period as well as the key leaders (including Alexander, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, and Napoleon) who skillfully employed these weapons. Although the author acknowledges that war cannot be eliminated entirely, he urges man to impose restrictions on warfare before society descends into a second Dark Age. Completed immediately after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasakichilling examples of mass destruction caused by armamentsthis impassioned work remains relevant more than a half-century later.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Number of Pages:: 228
Publisher:: Da Capo Press
Publication Date:: 1998-08-22
Weight:: 295 g
Dimensions:: 2/22/14 cm
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]

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