Weapons of WarCrowell, 1968 - Всего страниц: 224 "The story of man as warrior from the first Stone Age man with his wooden club to modern man with his proverbial "push button" is told h ere through a precise and illuminating survey of the development of weaponry"--Jacket excerpt. |
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... side by towering cliffs ( the Valley ) , the other a triangular - shaped expanse of marsh , 1 Incongruously enough , side by side with these important attainments there flourished the bogus sciences of astrology and theology , the ...
... side by towering cliffs ( the Valley ) , the other a triangular - shaped expanse of marsh , 1 Incongruously enough , side by side with these important attainments there flourished the bogus sciences of astrology and theology , the ...
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... side ( as in the case of the Persian shamshir ) , or on the concave side ( in the manner of the Turkish yataghan ) . As for the Hyksos war chariot , this showed many improve- ments over the comparatively cumbersome Sumerian version . An ...
... side ( as in the case of the Persian shamshir ) , or on the concave side ( in the manner of the Turkish yataghan ) . As for the Hyksos war chariot , this showed many improve- ments over the comparatively cumbersome Sumerian version . An ...
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... sides envisaged the employment of cavalry units armed with lances on an extensive scale , 1 but found themselves ill ... side , those of France and Russia amounted to no less than twenty and forty divisions respectively . As events were ...
... sides envisaged the employment of cavalry units armed with lances on an extensive scale , 1 but found themselves ill ... side , those of France and Russia amounted to no less than twenty and forty divisions respectively . As events were ...
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Acknowledgements | 13 |
Bloodshed and Bronze | 28 |
Metal from Heaven | 52 |
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