Turning Points In Military HistoryCitadel Press, 2005 - 298 ページ - The development of basic weapons--wood, bronze, and missile - The development of the Roman legion - The invention of gunpowder - The Thirty Years War - The Battle of Fontenoy - The American Civil War - The War Against the Homefront--World War I - The Blitzkrieg - The Advent of Smart Weapons - Hearts and Minds--the challenge of Guerilla Warfare - Includes 21 black and white photographs and line drawings - Fatal Victories was offered by the Military Book Club - Will appeal to readers of A History of Warfare by John Keegan and Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson. |
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Point and Edge Arrows and Armor | 1 |
Urbanite Warfare | 11 |
The Rulers of the Plains | 23 |
Stonewalling the Nomads | 33 |
Private Armies and Public Policy | 43 |
The Gunpowder Revolution | 51 |
War Under Sail | 69 |
The Bloody Birth of Standing Armies | 83 |
The American Civil | 125 |
War by the Timetable | 141 |
Out of Africa | 149 |
14 | 157 |
The Meat Grinder | 179 |
War Beneath the Waves | 187 |
Blitzkrieg and Antiblitz | 207 |
Glossary of Military Terms | 265 |
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