Weapons category: 1025 books
by Michael Kort
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys...
Colonial Armies: Africa 1850-1918
Organisation, Warfare, Dress and Weapons
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
In the second half of the 19th century, European-led columns began to fan out across the African continent from their coastal footholds, smashing whatever forces could be brought against them, no matter how brave or determined the latter were. The process began at different dates in different parts...
by Konstantin Nossov, Konstantin S Nossov
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Elephants have been deployed as weapons for centuries, particularly in South and South-East Asia, where war elephants constituted the bulk of most armies in the region from antiquity right up to the 19th century. This book offers an insight into the incredible history of these 'living tanks,' focusing...
Hank Reinhardt's Book of Knives
A Practical and Illustrated Guide to Knife Fighting
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Definitive and compulsively readable—an illustrated guide to the use in knifefighting and beyond of contemporary knives by long-time Blade columnist and master weaponsmith, Hank Reinhardt. Deadlier than the club, more ubiquitous than the sword, the knife is the universal edged weapon of all humankind....
Arrowstorm
The Archer in the Hundred Years War
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Revealing the power behind one of history's most devastating weapons, this study chronicles the overwhelming importance of the military archer in the late medieval period. The longbow played a central role in the English victory at the battles of Crecy and Agincourt. Completely undermining the supremacy...
British Artillery 1914–19
Field Army Artillery
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
In 1914 the artillery of Britain's 'Field Army' encompassed those weapons judged to have sufficient mobility to keep up with troops in the field. This book describes all major variants, from the 60-pdr guns of the heavy field batteries, perched somewhat uncomfortably on the cusp between field artillery...
Schools and Masters of Fencing
From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The standard reference on historical swordsmanship since its 1885 publication, this volume is still widely considered the definitive work on fencing history and the art of European swordsmanship. The author, Egerton Castle, traces fencing from its roots in the unschooled brawling of the Middle Ages...
by George D. Moller
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms focuses on the arms used from the early exploratory period throughout the colonial period and the American Revolution. Arranged chronologically, it contains definitive descriptions of the pre-flintlock and flintlock shoulder...
Extremely Loud
Sound as a Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
“Everything you ever suspected or feared about music as a weapon, sound as torture . . . Disturbingly illuminating in the possible ramifications**” (Kirkus Reviews).**
In this troubling and wide-ranging account, acclaimed journalist Juliette Volcler looks at the long history of efforts...
The Samurai in 100 Objects
The Fascinating World of the Samurai as Seen Through Arms and Armour, Places and Images
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
From lowly attendants (samurai literally means ‘those who serve’) to members one of the world’s most powerful military organizations, the samurai underwent a progression of changes to reach a preeminent position in Japanese society and culture. Even their eventual eclipse did not diminish their...
by B. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Arguably the most famous rifle in United States military history, the model 1903 Springfield rifle served two world wars and the Korean conflict. It’s also seen action in smaller military conflicts thanks to its incredible accuracy and killing ability. Perhaps its best application was the use as...
by David Fletcher
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2012
A fire-breathing monster on the battlefield, the Churchill Crocodile was one of the most awe-inspiring weapons of World War II. Tank expert David Fletcher chronicles the development of the flamethrower tank, examining the dramatic effect of these tanks in battle from use in France to the terrifying...
Longsword and Saber: Swords and Swordsmen of Medieval and Modern Europe
Knives, Swords, and Bayonets: A World History of Edged Weapon Warfare, #9
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2018
European swordsmanship has produced a large number of written treatises and has been studied widely by military historians and lay persons interested in the sword as a combat arm and instrument of social status. Swords had a dual purpose: They were of military necessity used by knights on the field...
Kukris and Gurkhas: Nepalese Kukri Combat Knives and the Men Who Wield Them
Knives, Swords, and Bayonets: A World History of Edged Weapon Warfare, #1
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
The Gurkhas have been termed the only soldiers who can win their battles on their reputation alone. Weapons shape the character of the men who wield them and two upturned kukris meeting at the top, their naked blades crossing, serve as the identifying insignia of the Brigade of Gurkhas in the United...