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- catalog abstract ""It is axiomatic to say that war has driven and shaped human history. Yet a corollary to this truth is far less well understood: weapons have driven and shaped war. Major conflicts have turned on the success or failure of the weapons involved, and entire strategies have been created around the existence of key weapons. Putting the corollary together with the axiom, weapons reflect better than almost anything else the changes, fears, and desires of man and society." "In Soul of the Sword, a noted military historian and senior intelligence analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center, Robert O'Connell, offers a history of weapons from the primitive mace to the nuclear warhead. Throughout he focuses on their impact on the course of warfare and on society. O'Connell's narrative is accompanied by illustrations by John Batchelor, the world's premier military illustrator, covering everything from the first Western gun to the Mosquito bomber."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Illustrated history of weaponry and warfare from prehistory to the present".
- catalog contributor b12597507.
- catalog contributor b12597508.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""It is axiomatic to say that war has driven and shaped human history. Yet a corollary to this truth is far less well understood: weapons have driven and shaped war. Major conflicts have turned on the success or failure of the weapons involved, and entire strategies have been created around the existence of key weapons. Putting the corollary together with the axiom, weapons reflect better than almost anything else the changes, fears, and desires of man and society." "In Soul of the Sword, a noted military historian and senior intelligence analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center, Robert O'Connell, offers a history of weapons from the primitive mace to the nuclear warhead. Throughout he focuses on their impact on the course of warfare and on society. O'Connell's narrative is accompanied by illustrations by John Batchelor, the world's premier military illustrator, covering everything from the first Western gun to the Mosquito bomber."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-378) and index.".
- catalog description "Most ancient talisman -- War's arrival -- History poised on the tip of a spear -- Ghost riders -- Imperial treadmill -- At sea -- Tues of fire -- Guns away -- Gun control -- Death machines -- Steaming through troubled waters -- False pinnacle -- Accidental Armageddon -- Grudge match -- Cold War-inferno of arms.".
- catalog extent "390 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0684844079 :".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Free Press :".
- catalog subject "Military art and science History.".
- catalog subject "U800 .O26 2002".
- catalog subject "Weapons History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Most ancient talisman -- War's arrival -- History poised on the tip of a spear -- Ghost riders -- Imperial treadmill -- At sea -- Tues of fire -- Guns away -- Gun control -- Death machines -- Steaming through troubled waters -- False pinnacle -- Accidental Armageddon -- Grudge match -- Cold War-inferno of arms.".
- catalog title "Illustrated history of weaponry and warfare from prehistory to the present".
- catalog title "Soul of the sword : an illustrated history of weaponry and warfare from prehistory to the present / Robert L. O'Connell ; illustrations by John Batchelor.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".