War : the definitive visual history / editorial consultant, Saul David.
Publisher: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020Edition: Revised editionDescription: 512 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0040226070ISBN: 9780241392164 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Military history
| Naval history | War | Military art and science | Military art and science -- Pictorial works | Warfare and Defence | Warfare & defence | History | Military history | General & world history | History | History | History | History: specific events & topics | Military & defence strategy | Military vehicles | History | Military vehicles | General encyclopaedias | PhotojournalismDDC classification: 355.02 LOC classification: U21.2Summary: The five-thousand year story of warfare is presented across a range of differently indicative conflicts, drawing on expertise regarding the characters, events and equipment. Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror - with this guided tour of every major conflict.Combining a clear and compelling historical narrative with a wealth of fascinating eyewitness accounts and photography throughout, this is the ultimate guide to the history of military conflict, from the armies of ancient Egypt to the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq, and the ongoing Yemeni civil war.War explores the battles, the warriors, the tactics, and the weapons and technology that have shaped conflict worldwide. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, photographs, artefacts, and maps, this book offers a uniquely detailed and visually rich view of all major aspects of human conflict. Whether on the bloody battlefields of the ancient world or in the modern era of drones and laser-guided missiles, this is the complete story of the wars that have shaped our world.
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| 355 LEW Camera at war | 355 LIF Life at war | 355.0028562 DEL War in the age of intelligent machines / | 355.02 SAU War : the definitive visual history / | 355.1 PAG I could tell you but then you would have to be destroyed by me : emblems from the Pentagon's black world / | 355.14 BON Uniform : order and disorder | 355.14 CAS Military bands and their uniforms |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror - with this guided tour of every major conflict.
Combining a clear and compelling historical narrative with a wealth of fascinating eyewitness accounts and photography throughout, this is the ultimate guide to the history of military conflict, from the armies of ancient
Egypt to the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq, and the ongoing Yemeni civil war.
War explores the battles, the warriors, the tactics, and the weapons and technology that have shaped conflict worldwide. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, photographs, artefacts, and maps, this book offers a uniquely detailed and visually rich view of all major aspects of human conflict.
Whether on the bloody battlefields of the ancient world or in the modern era of drones and laser-guided missiles, this is the complete story of the wars that have shaped our world.
Previous edition: 2009.
Includes index.
The five-thousand year story of warfare is presented across a range of differently indicative conflicts, drawing on expertise regarding the characters, events and equipment. Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror - with this guided tour of every major conflict.Combining a clear and compelling historical narrative with a wealth of fascinating eyewitness accounts and photography throughout, this is the ultimate guide to the history of military conflict, from the armies of ancient Egypt to the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq, and the ongoing Yemeni civil war.War explores the battles, the warriors, the tactics, and the weapons and technology that have shaped conflict worldwide. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, photographs, artefacts, and maps, this book offers a uniquely detailed and visually rich view of all major aspects of human conflict. Whether on the bloody battlefields of the ancient world or in the modern era of drones and laser-guided missiles, this is the complete story of the wars that have shaped our world.
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