TY - BOOK AU - MESSENGER Charles TI - The century of warfare: worldwide conflict from 1900 to the present day SN - 0002555468 (hbk.) PY - 1995/// CY - London PB - Harper Collins KW - AIR KW - WARFARE KW - WEAPONS KW - TECHNOLOGY KW - MIDDLE EAST KW - WAR KW - VIETNAM N2 - 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 ER -