The Weapons that Changed History
Key Milestones in Battlefield Technology
Will be published approx. on 8. July 2030
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-78739-440-7 (ISBN)
Description
Highlighting the most important conventional weapons of all time the book also embraces concepts, communications and inventions that help to ensure victory in the theatre of war.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Welbeck Publishing Group
Illustrations
150 clr and b&w photos and illus
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 185 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78739-440-7 (9781787394407)
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Person
Robin Cross has written over thirty books, including The Bombers: Strategy and Tactics in the 20th Century (Bantam) and the #1 Sunday Times bestseller We'll Meet Again. With his wife, novelist and historian Rosalind Miles, he co-wrote Hell Hath No Fury: True Stories of Women at War From Antiquity to Iraq (Three Rivers, 2008). He has worked for the British Ministry of Defence and has also written over 150 television documentaries for the BBC. He lives in England.
Content
WORLD WAR I BE2c aircraft; Trench mortar; Rifle; Machine gun; Chemical warfare; Forward-firing machine gun; Fighter aircraft; Heavy bomber; Radio; Tank; All-big-gun battleship; Destroyer WORLD WAR II Radar; Dive bomber; Eight-gun fighter; Tank-busting a/c; Strategic bomber ; Maids of all work (Mosquito, Ju88); U-boat; Battleship; Aircraft carrier; Landing craft; Artillery; Tank; Panzerfaust; 88mm gun; Transport aircraft; V-weapons; Jet fighter; Codebreaking; Atom bomb COLD WAR AND AFTER Ballistic missiles; Helicopter; Assault rifle; Jet fighter; Stealth; Strategic bomber; Multi-role combat; aircraft; Deep reconnaissance a/c; Infra-red homing missile; Mines (inc IEDs); Cruise missile; Unmanned aerial combat vehicles; Hunter-killer submarine; Cyber weapons and AI; Main battle tank; AWACs; Ground-attack a/c; Rocket-propelled grenade; VTOL