Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Feature:The Gunpowder Revolution; Part I: Revolutionary Times; From Handcannon to Matchlock; From Matchlock to Flintlock; The Flintlock Pistol; Dueling Pistols; The Blunderbuss; Feature: Naval Weapons; Part II: From Napoleon to 1914; Weapons of the Napoleonic War; From Flintlock to Percussion Cap; Flintlock to Percussion Conversions; Pepperboxes and Derringers; Colt's Revolvers; Colt's Competitors; Feature: The American Civil War; Union Weapons of the Civil War; Confederate Weapons of the Civil War; Weapons of the American West.
Bolt-Action Magazine RiflesThe Automatic Pistol; Personal Defense Weapons; Combination Weapons; Feature: Alarm, Trap, & Special-Purpose Guns; Part III: World War I and its Aftermath; Pistols of World War I; Infantry Rifles of World War I; Machine Guns of World War I; Feature: Trench Warfare; Guns of the American Roaring Twenties; Part IV: World War II and Beyond; Axis Pistols; Allied Pistols; World War II Rifles; Machine Guns of World War II; Submachine Guns of World War II; Specialized Weapons of World War II; Weapons of Espionage; Post-World War II Weapons; Appendices; Bibliography.
