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The military history book / Adrian Gilbert - consultant ; contributors: Tim Cooke, Dr. Jacob F. Field, Mark Collins Jenkins, Michael Kerrigan, Joel Levy, Seun Matiluko.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York, NY : DK Publishing, 2025Description: 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780744048384
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 355.009 MIL 23/eng/20250314
LOC classification:
  • D25 .M478 2025
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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