Author : Christer Jorgensen
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 2006-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312348199
Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World describes the combat techniques of soldiers in Europe and North America from 1500 to 1763. The book explores the unique tactics required to win battles in an era where the musket increasingly came to dominate the battlefield, and demonstrates how little has changed in some respects of the art of war.
Author : Matthew Bennett
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 21,16 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312348205
Describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in Europe and the Near East in an age before the widespread use of gunpowder.
Author : Iain Dickie
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 25,8 MB
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0312554532
An illustrated exploration of how sea battles have been fought throughout history explores key tactics and strategies while surveying how the development of various weapons impacted naval warfare.
Author : Michael E. Haskew
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 38,68 MB
Release : 2008-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312386962
From the age of the Huns to the forcing open of Japan, an in depth account of Asian military history.
Author : Matthew Bennett
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2006-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312348199
Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World describes the combat techniques of soldiers in Europe and North America from 1500 to 1763. The book explores the unique tactics required to win battles in an era where the musket increasingly came to dominate the battlefield, and demonstrates how little has changed in some respects of the art of war.
Author : Simon Anglim
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : 9781909160460
From the Publisher: This essential guide to ancient warfare describes the fighting methods of soldiers in Europe and the Middle East in an age before gunpowder. From a detailed examination of the individual components of an ancient army and their equipment, to a fascinating exploration of ancient battle strategies, siege warfare, and naval battles, it explores the unique tactics required to win battles with the technology available. Using specially commissioned color and black-and-white artwork and 24 full-color tactical maps, this book shows in great detail the methods by which armies, including Assyrians and Roman forces, prevailed over their foes, and why other armies were less successful. This is a must-read for any reader interested in ancient warfare.
Author : William E. Deal
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0195331265
This book is an introduction the Japanese history, culture, and society from 1185 - the beginning of the Kamakura period - through the end of the Edo period in 1868.
Author : Robert B. Bruce
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,1 MB
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 031259092X
"Contains 20 full-color tactical maps and accounts of key battles, including the Siege of Yorktown (1781), the amphibious assault on Valdivia (1820), the battle of Isly (1844), the defense of the Alamo (1836), the retreat from Kabul (1842), Little Big Horn (1876), Omdurman (1898), and many more"--Back jacket
Author : Robert Bowman Bruce
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312375874
Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic World explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available during the Napoleonic period (1789-1815), and points out how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield. Divided into five sections it highlights: - Individual components of the armies: the foot soldier, the cavalryman and the artilleryman, the equipment they wore and used, and how they fought together. - Technology change, the emergence of military professionalism, and the impact these changes had on the battlefield. - How units were used together on the battlefield, and strategic positioning of battle units. - Specialist techniques and equipment developed for artillery. - Naval warfare, from the ships in which the men fought to the weapons they carried.
Author : Michael Bycroft
Publisher : Springer
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,73 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 3319963791
This edited collection is an interdisciplinary study of gems in the early modern world. It examines the relations between the art, science, and technology of gems, and it does so against the backdrop of an expanding global trade in gems. The eleven chapters are organised into three parts. The first part sets the scene by describing how gems moved around the early modern world, how they were set in motion, and how they were pulled together in the course of their travels. The second part is about value. It asks why people valued gems, how they determined the value of a given gem, and how the value of a gem was connected to its perceived place of origin. The third part deals with the skills involved in cutting, polishing, and mounting gems, and how these skills were transmitted and articulated by artisans. The common themes of all these chapters are materials, knowledge and global trade. The contributors to this volume focus on the material properties of gems such as their weight and hardness, on the knowledge involved in exchanging them and valuing them, and on the cultural consequences of the expanding trade in gems in Eurasia and the Americas.
