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Autore |
Kinard Jeff <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Artillery : an illustrated history of its impact / / Jeff Kinard |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , c2007 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 |
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ISBN |
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979-84-00-61486-6 |
1-280-84148-6 |
9786610841486 |
1-85109-561-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 536 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Weapons and warfare series |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- Ancient and medieval artillery -- Early gunpowder artillery -- The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century artillery -- Nineteenth-century U.S. artillery, 1800-1865 -- Late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century artillery -- The interwar years and World War II, 1921-1945 -- Post-World War II and late-twentieth-century developments. |
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"Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact charts the development of large, crew-operated battlefield weapons from the dart firers and catapults of the ancient world to the invention of gunpowder in China and its applications in medieval Europe, and from the emergence of naval and land gunnery four centuries ago to the latest rapid-fire, rocket propulsion, laser guidance, and antiaircraft technologies. Written by an expert on military history, Artillery explores the technological and strategic innovations that have made these weapons increasingly effective at breaking through fortifications, inflicting casualties from a safe distance, providing cover for advancing forces, demoralizing opponents, and defending positions from attack. Beyond the battlefield, the book also looks at the impact of artillery on history and on the lives of civilians as well as soldiers." |
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