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Big guns : artillery on the battlefield / Angus Konstam.
During both world wars the devasting firepower of artillery accounted for a huge proportion of casualties, killing and maiming hundreds of thousands. But how did we reach this point given that in the Middle Ages it was little more than an princely novelty? Using gunpowder weapons was initially something of a black art, but over the centuries gunnery became a science, a dependable method of breaching fortifications, or overcoming an enemy on the battlefield. This is the colourful story of how the power of gunpowder has been harnessed and developed. It is a seven-century tapestry of invention, technoogical breakthrough, industrial ingenuity - and deadly intent.
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- ISBN: 1612004881
- ISBN: 9781612004884
- Physical Description: 155 pages : black and white illustrations, charts ; 20 cm
- Publisher: Oxford, England : Casemate Publishers, 2017
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Formatted Contents Note: | Contents : Introduction -- Timeline [7th century to 1946] -- Chapter 1: Medieval Origins (14th-15th centuries) -- Chapter 2: The Renaissance (16th-17th centuries) -- Chapter 3: The Age of Reason (18th century) -- Chapter 4: The Wars of Napoleon (1792-1815) -- Chapter 5: The Industrial Age (1815-1914) -- Chapter 6: World War I (1914-1918) -- Chapter 7: World War II and after (1919-present). |
| Language Note: | Text in English. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | 358.12 K82b 2017 (Text) | 33126027003338 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |