The Handy Military History Answer Book
Auteur : Samuel Willard Crompton
Date de publication : 2015-03-23
Éditeur : Visible Ink Press
Nombre de pages : 560
Résumé du livre
Heroism and sacrifice. Brutality and folly. Great leaders, bad leaders, horrible villains, pivotal moments, and events. Take a look at how the world, the United States, and the lives we lead today have been changed by war and the military!
Military history is a fascinating, complex, and often contradictory subject. War and fighting between tribes, clans, groups, and countries has been with us forever. Wars cause political, social, and technological upheavals. From early Greeks and Romans to the great conquering armies of the past, continuing on through the civil wars and world wars that shaped the boundaries of today’s nations, and to the modern weapons, technologies, guerrilla warfare, and terrorism currently reported in the nightly news, The Handy Military History Answer Book looks at the who, the what, the why, and the how of conflicts throughout history. It answers over 1,100 questions, from the most widely asked to the more obscure, such as:
The weapons, leaders, soldiers, battles, tactics, strategies, blunders, technologies, and outcomes are all examined in The Handy Military History Answer Book. This powerful primer investigates everything from the smallest miscalculations and maneuvers to the biggest invasions and battles, as well as the cutting-edge technologies and firepower that led to victories and helped change the world!