Artillery
a History
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Author
Publication
2013 - The History Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
84,250 words, Guess
Page Count
337 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveartilleryhistory0000norr_z7k7
- ISBN-100750953233
- ISBN-100752461893
- ISBN-139780750953238
- ISBN-139780752461892
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number856868990
- Better World Books9780752461892
- Better World Books9780750953238
- Open LibraryOL29037433M
Classifications
- DDC358.01
- LCCUF15 .N384 2013
- LCCUF15
Description
By 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.
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