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From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bernard Brodie: Used
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- Condition
- Book Title
- From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Publication Date
- 1973-04-22
- Edition Number
- 2
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780253201614
- Subject Area
- History
- Publication Name
- From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Subject
- Military / General
- Publication Year
- 1973
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Item Weight
- 12.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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"... offers the quickest way I know to acquire the basic historical background that we ought all to have." --Louis J. Halle, Survival This classic in the field of military history covers weaponry from Archimedes' catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, emphasizes the contributions of science to warfare, and includes an extensive new chapter on the weapons of the nuclear age.
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253201616
ISBN-13
9780253201614
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90079
Product Key Features
Publication Name
From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Military / General
Publication Year
1973
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
LCCN
72-090408
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
U800
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Edition Description
Enlarged Edition,Revised Edition
Reviews
". . . offers the quickest way I know to acquire the basic historical background that we ought all to have." Louis J. Halle, Survival
Table of Content
Introduction 1. Antiquity 2. The Middle Ages 3. The Impact of Gunpowder/Early Artillery/Development of the Hand Gun/Naval Power, the Sailing Ship and the Gun/The Rise of the Military Engineer 4. War and Science in the 17th Century/Improvements in the Hand Gun/Artillery Changes, 1600-1700/Seventeenth-Century Science/Seventeenth-Century Fortification/Seventeenth-Century Naval Warfare 5. The 18th Century and Napoleonic Wars/Changes in Weapons and Tactics/The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars/Naval Warefare and Technology/Eighteenth-Century Science 6. The 19th Century/Science, Independent of War, Transforms War/Transformation of Land Warfare/Sea Power is Revolutionized/Late Developments in 19th Century Science 7. World War One, the Use and Non-Use of Science/The Coming of the Airplane/The Submarine Story/The Stalemate on Land 8. World War Two/The Role of the Scientist/The Supremacy of the Airplane/Radar/The Proximity Fuse/Fire-Control Mechanisms/Antisubmarine Measures/Incendiaries and Smoke Screens/The Coming of the Ballistic Missile 9. The Nuclear Revolution/The Warning/The Chain Reaction Problem/The Manhattan Project/Nuclear Developments after World War Two/Strategic Consequences of the Nuclear Revolution 10. Operations and Systems Analysis, the Science of Strategic Choice 11. Recent Weaponry Changes (1962-1972)/The New School of Conventional War Thinking/New Weapons for Non-Nuclear War/New Naval Weaponry/New Strategic Weapons Developments: The MIRV and ABM Systems/The Problem of Mounting Costs Bibliography Name and Weapon Index
Copyright Date
1973
Dewey Decimal
699
Dewey Edition
18
Illustrated
Yes
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