LEADER 02797oam 22005412a 450 001 9910827353603321 005 20240410140952.0 010 $a979-84-00-61486-6 010 $a1-280-84148-6 010 $a9786610841486 010 $a1-85109-561-6 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400614866 035 $a(OCoLC)496994475 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3MEZ 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC291207 035 $a(OCoLC)1426855178 035 $a(CaStbABC)BP9798400614866BC 035 $a(CKB)1000000000337127 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000337127 100 $a20061222d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArtillery $ean illustrated history of its impact /$fJeff Kinard 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cABC-CLIO,$dc2007. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 536 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aWeapons and warfare series 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a1-85109-556-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $a"Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact charts the development of large, crew-operated battlefield weapons from the dart firers and catapults of the ancient world to the invention of gunpowder in China and its applications in medieval Europe, and from the emergence of naval and land gunnery four centuries ago to the latest rapid-fire, rocket propulsion, laser guidance, and antiaircraft technologies. Written by an expert on military history, Artillery explores the technological and strategic innovations that have made these weapons increasingly effective at breaking through fortifications, inflicting casualties from a safe distance, providing cover for advancing forces, demoralizing opponents, and defending positions from attack. Beyond the battlefield, the book also looks at the impact of artillery on history and on the lives of civilians as well as soldiers." 410 0$aWeapons and warfare series. 606 $aArtillery$xHistory 615 0$aArtillery$xHistory. 676 $a623.4/109 700 $aKinard$b Jeff$f1954-$01702737 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827353603321 996 $aArtillery$94087490 997 $aUNINA