MESSENGER Charles

The century of warfare: worldwide conflict from 1900 to the present day/ Charles Messenger - London: Harper Collins, 1995 - 429p.

The developments in weapons technology. From the breech-loading artillery of 1914 and the development of tanks and mortars, through rocket systems and submarines to the devastating effects of strategic aircraft bombing and chemical and nuclear warfare. This book examines how weapons technology heralded a new and increasingly lethal era of conflict.

0002555468 (hbk.)


AIR -- WARFARE
WEAPONS -- TECHNOLOGY
MIDDLE EAST -- WAR
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