Artillery : an illustrated history of its impact / Jeff Kinard.
Artillery : an illustrated history of its impact / Jeff Kinard.
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
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N623.4109/3
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English
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xi, 536 p., : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Preface -- 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...
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Publisher
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
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California
Date Published
c2007.
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"Artillery reveals the forward thinking use of artillery by leaders such as Dionysus of Syracuse, the Ottoman sultan Mohammad II, and Oliver Cromwell. Case studies highlight the contributions of innovators such as Jean Baptiste de Gribeauval, William Congreve, the Krupp family, and John Dahlgren, while illustrating specific technical and strategic...
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Artillery : an illustrated history of its impact / Jeff Kinard.
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Weapons and warfare series.
Weapons and warfare series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-507) and index.
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c2007.
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N623.4109/3
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74VK7NGK6g2Z
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ISBN
9781851095612 (ebook)
185109556X (hardcover : alk. paper)
1851095616 (ebook)
9781851095568 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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623.4109
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991022884259702626
