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Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Warfare traces the epic 5,000- year story of conflict from the earliest battles to the Syrian Civil War. Exploring the campaigns and causes, the warriors and commanders, and the tactics, weapons, and technology that have shaped warfare worldwide, this is an updated edition of the definitive visual guide to a brutal, intense, and often heroic dimension of the human story.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Warfare and technology predate human history. The dynamic relationship between them is timeless, echoing through human history in patterns that link the bow and arrow with the IED (improvised explosive device), the walls of Jericho with reconnaissance satellites. This book traces those patterns, from the Schöningen spears to cyberwarfare."--Provided by publisher.
8) War at the speed of light: directed-energy weapons and the future of Twenty-First Century warfare
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
""War at the Speed of Light" explores the ever-increasing and revolutionary role of directed-energy weapons in warfare, including laser, microwave, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and cyberspace weapons. In addition, this book delineates the threat that directed-energy weapons pose to disrupting the doctrine of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction), which has kept the major powers of the world from engaging in nuclear war"--
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Series
Publisher
Casemate
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Throughout history, the most accurate shots in a military force have been employed as marksmen or sharpshooters. The formidable skill of American riflemen during the Revolutionary Wars was noted by the British who began to train rifle units; by the Napoleonic Wars, the Green Jackets were the elite of the British army. The development of optical sights in the 19th century meant that Civil War sharpshooters were even more lethal. Although the accuracy...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A dramatic, colorful, stylishly-written history, Hubris is a much-needed reflection on war from a master of his field,"--Amazon.com.
Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years. In this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles that changed the course of the twentieth century to reveal the one trait that links them all: hubris. In Greek tragedy, hubris is excessive human pride that challenges the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions," say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space. Tyson and Lang call...
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Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Hollywood has gone to elaborate lengths to recreate the violence and mayhem of ancient warfare in movies, but what were ancient battles really like? What weapons, tactics, armor, training, and logistics were used? What were the crucial factors that could turn the tide of battle, giving one side victory and consigning the other to slaughter, capture, or, at best, escape to fight another day? These lectures examine some of the most notable battles...
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Kipling says in "The Young British Soldier," "I'll sing you a soldier as fair as I may," he reminds us that a soldier is made of the words of poetry, history, and the laws and language of his calling. The complete solider is not only a contributor to the civilization that he or she serves. Drawing from military history, sociology, and other disciplines, Solidiers and Civilization covers the history of the military profession in the Western world...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The way war is waged is evolving quickly—igniting the rapid rise of private military contractors who offer military-style services as part of their core business model. When private actors take up state security, their incentives are not to end war and conflict but to manage the threat only enough to remain relevant. Arduino unpacks the tradeoffs involved when conflict is increasingly waged by professional outfits that thrive on chaos rather than...
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A compelling subject, war is common to almost all known societies and almost all periods of history. The Cambridge History of Warfare is a comprehensive account of war in the West. The combined effort of seven leading experts, this book treats the history of all aspects of the subject: the development of warfare on land, seas, and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence; mercenaries and standing armies; cavalry...
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