The military history book /
Gilbert, Adrian,
The military history book / Adrian Gilbert - consultant ; contributors: Tim Cooke, Dr. Jacob F. Field, Mark Collins Jenkins, Michael Kerrigan, Joel Levy, Seun Matiluko. - 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm. - Big ideas simply explained .
Includes index.
Ancient warfare: 3500 BCE-500 CE -- War in the middle ages: 500-1500 -- Early modern warfare: 1500-1775 -- Revolutions and empire: 1775-1914 -- The world wars and beyond: 1914-present.
Tracing the epic 5,000-year story of warfare from the earliest battles to the War on Terror, The Military History Book explores and explains the causes and consequences of each, offering a new angle on military history. Entries analyze the key social and political driving forces, the arms and armaments, and the technologies and tactics of war from 5,000 years ago to the present day--from the tactics of early infantry and siege craft to the rise of naval combat steel, steam, and shellfire to trench warfare and aerial dogfights to chemical weapons and cyber warfare.
5-8
9780744048384
Military history.
Military history--Chronology.
Military art and science--History.
Battles--History.
War--History--Chronology.
World history.
Informational works.
D25 / .M478 2025
355.009 MIL
The military history book / Adrian Gilbert - consultant ; contributors: Tim Cooke, Dr. Jacob F. Field, Mark Collins Jenkins, Michael Kerrigan, Joel Levy, Seun Matiluko. - 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm. - Big ideas simply explained .
Includes index.
Ancient warfare: 3500 BCE-500 CE -- War in the middle ages: 500-1500 -- Early modern warfare: 1500-1775 -- Revolutions and empire: 1775-1914 -- The world wars and beyond: 1914-present.
Tracing the epic 5,000-year story of warfare from the earliest battles to the War on Terror, The Military History Book explores and explains the causes and consequences of each, offering a new angle on military history. Entries analyze the key social and political driving forces, the arms and armaments, and the technologies and tactics of war from 5,000 years ago to the present day--from the tactics of early infantry and siege craft to the rise of naval combat steel, steam, and shellfire to trench warfare and aerial dogfights to chemical weapons and cyber warfare.
5-8
9780744048384
Military history.
Military history--Chronology.
Military art and science--History.
Battles--History.
War--History--Chronology.
World history.
Informational works.
D25 / .M478 2025
355.009 MIL