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Illistrated History of Weaponry, The - From Flint Axes to Automatic Weapons

By: Carlton Books

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Carlton Books)


Product Info

Title
Illistrated History of Weaponry, The - From Flint Axes to Automatic Weapons
Publisher
Category
Author
Chuck Wills
Publish Year
2008
Pages
240
Dimensions
8.25x11x1"
NKG Part #
2147894549
Type
Hardcover

Description

The History of Weaponry is a comprehensive look at the tools of battle. More than 500 photographs of genuine specimens were specially commissioned from the 6,000-piece collection of the Berman Museum of World History. The weapons featured span 3,500 years, ranging from Ancient Greece to World War II, and from the Crusades in Europe to the Civil War in the United States and include the traveling pistols of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and a royal Persian scimitar with 1,295 rose-cut diamonds and rubies, and a single 11-carat emerald, set in gold, first owned by Abbas I and given in tribute to Catherine the Great. A variety of rare weapons of espionage and combination curiosa rounds out the selection.The book offers historical perspective, with weaponry on each spread tied to a culture in some significant way, and background on persons significant to the development and advancements of weapons technology or military strategy.