02178oam 2200445 450 991078390500332120170523091615.01-280-84148-697866108414861-85109-561-6(OCoLC)496994475(MiFhGG)GVRL3MEZ(EXLCZ)99100000000033712720061222d2007 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrArtillery an illustrated history of its impact /Jeff KinardSanta Barbara, Ca. ABC-CLIOc2007Santa Barbara, Calif. :ABC-CLIO,2007.1 online resource (xi, 536 pages) illustrationsWeapons and warfare seriesDescription based on print version record.1-85109-556-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to Weapons and Warfare Series; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Reference Section; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About The AuthorArtillery: 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.Weapons and warfare series.ArtilleryHistoryArtilleryHistory.623.4/109Kinard Jeff1954-1545298MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910783905003321Artillery3828465UNINA