Twentieth-century Artillery
Author: Ian V. Hogg
Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Pub
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781586632991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides descriptions and illustrations of the artillery pieces used since World War I.
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Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century
Author: Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe original version of this text was published in 1984 as a textbook on military history for officers in the U.S. Army. The revised version includes an appendix of terms and acronyms, and concepts are explained in nontechnical terms, making it more comprehensible to the general reader. Also incorporated is a description of combined arms warfare from the late-1970s to the end of the 20th century, which takes into account developments that were not obvious in 1984. The main topics are how the major armies of the world fight on the battlefield; what concepts, weapons, and organizations have developed for this purpose; and how the different armies have influenced each other in these developments. House is a former military officer and analyst for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. c. Book News Inc.
Military Small Arms of the 20th Century
Author: Ian Hogg
Publisher: Krause Publications
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780873418249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition of Ian Hogg's classic is this century's ultimate reference work on the subject of military small arms. It has been fully updated and expanded (by 64 pages) to cover all small arms in military service during the 20th century and now includes many arms listings and photographs that did not appear in earlier editions. Recognized internationally as the leading authority on military small arms, author Ian Hogg was given free rein on this edition; he has delivered the ultimate reference edition for all interested in the history of these arms. Arms coverage includes: Pistols Submachine Guns Bolt-Action Rifles Automatic Rifles Machine Guns Anti-Tank/Materiel Rifles Ammunition
Toward Combined Arms Warfare
Author: Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1428915834
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArtillery Through the Ages
Author: Albert C. Manucy
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1994-04
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 0788107453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA description of types of artillery used in warfare throughout history, including the ancient engines of war; gunpowder introduced to Europe; the bombards; 16th century cannon; the 17th century and Gustavus Adolphus; the 18th century; U.S. guns of the early 1800s; rifling; the Civil War; and the change to modern artillery. Also includes the characteristics of cannon; projectiles; tools; the practice of gunnery; glossary; and selected bibliography. Many of the types of cannon described in this book may be seen in areas of the National Park system; some parks with especially fine collections are listed. Illustrated with detailed drawings.
Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War
Author: Warren Ripley
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 384
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFire Power
Author: Dominick Bidwell
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2004-10-01
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1844152162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.
Dark Continent
Author: Mark Mazower
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2009-05-20
Total Pages: 509
ISBN-13: 030755550X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unflinching and intelligent alternative history of the twentieth century that provides a provocative vision of Europe's past, present, and future. "[A] splendid book." —The New York Times Book Review Dark Continent provides an alternative history of the twentieth century, one in which the triumph of democracy was anything but a forgone conclusion and fascism and communism provided rival political solutions that battled and sometimes triumphed in an effort to determine the course the continent would take. Mark Mazower strips away myths that have comforted us since World War II, revealing Europe as an entity constantly engaged in a bloody project of self-invention. Here is a history not of inevitable victories and forward marches, but of narrow squeaks and unexpected twists, where townships boast a bronze of Mussolini on horseback one moment, only to melt it down and recast it as a pair of noble partisans the next.
A War of Nerves
Author: Ben Shephard
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9780674011199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a history of military psychiatry in the twentieth century. Both absorbing historical narrative and intellectual detective story, it weaves literary, medical, and military lore to give us a fascinating history of war neuroses and their treatment, from the World Wars through Vietnam and up to the Gulf War.
Artillery
Author: John Norris
Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752461892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the time the guns fell silent on 11 November 1918, vast tracts of the European landscape had been so utterly devastated by artillery fire that they were virtually unrecognisable. Of all the many weapons invented by man for the purpose of waging war, artillery must rank among the most destructive of all.Through detailed research, John Norris has traced the development of artillery through the ages and up to the dawn of the twenty-first century, to provide a fascinating study of this principal weapon of warfare. From its earliest recorded use in battle about a millennium ago, up to the recent Gulf War, Balkan and Afghanistan conflicts, artillery has often been the deciding factor in battle. And yet its origins are somewhat vague. The Chinese had been working with gunpowder since the tenth century, yet it was another 200 years before the compound was used to propel a projectile from a long-barrelled bamboo piece of apparatus. Not long after this, the use of artillery spread to Europe and changed the art of warfare. This book traces the development of artillery and its use in battle through the ages.
