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Total Pages : 378 pages
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Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
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Total Pages : 74 pages
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Download or read book Catalogues of Sale written by Sotheby & Co. (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1980-04-22 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 184383720X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book European Weapons and Armour written by Ewart Oakeshott and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon's teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The authordescribes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. He shows how armour attained its full Renaissance splendour and then suffered itssorry and inevitable decline, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching effects on military armaments. Above all, he follows the long history of the sword, queen of weapons, to the late eighteenth century, when it finally ceased to form a part of a gentleman's every-day wear. Lavishly illustrated. EWART OAKESHOTT was one of the world's leading authorities on the arms and armour of medieval Europe. His other works on the subject include Records of the Medieval Sword and The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1465450963
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Weapon written by and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the origin, design, range, and function of arms including stone axes, swords, machine-guns, and sniper rifles, and meet the warriors who wielded them. An epic, 4,000-year illustrated volume, Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor traces the evolution of the entire spectrum of weaponry through stunning photography and authoritative coverage. All the major arms through the ages including edged weapons, clubs, projectiles, and firearms can be found in the guide. This comprehensive book covers ancient Egyptian axes, bows, and spears of early societies in Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, and guns and missiles of modern infantry forces. Richly detailed catalogs showcase many weapons at their actual size, outlining the timeframe, weight, size, and country of origin to create comprehensive fact files. Also profiled are the world’s top fighting forces, from the ancient Greek hoplites to today's US Navy Seals. Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this weapon encyclopedia presents in vivid detail the tools that have been at the cutting edge of history, helping determine the rise of kingdoms and the fall of empires.
Author : Edwin R. Sweeney
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186518
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book From Cochise to Geronimo written by Edwin R. Sweeney and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decade after the death of their revered chief Cochise in 1874, the Chiricahua Apaches struggled to survive as a people and their relations with the U.S. government further deteriorated. In From Cochise to Geronimo, Edwin R. Sweeney builds on his previous biographies of Chiricahua leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas to offer a definitive history of the turbulent period between Cochise's death and Geronimo's surrender in 1886. Sweeney shows that the cataclysmic events of the 1870s and 1880s stemmed in part from seeds of distrust sown by the American military in 1861 and 1863. In 1876 and 1877, the U.S. government proposed moving the Chiricahuas from their ancestral homelands in New Mexico and Arizona to the San Carlos Reservation. Some made the move, but most refused to go or soon fled the reviled new reservation, viewing the government's concentration policy as continued U.S. perfidy. Bands under the leadership of Victorio and Geronimo went south into the Sierra Madre of Mexico, a redoubt from which they conducted bloody raids on American soil. Sweeney draws on American and Mexican archives, some only recently opened, to offer a balanced account of life on and off the reservation in the 1870s and 1880s. From Cochise to Geronimo details the Chiricahuas' ordeal in maintaining their identity despite forced relocations, disease epidemics, sustained warfare, and confinement. Resigned to accommodation with Americans but intent on preserving their culture, they were determined to survive as a people.
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Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Forest & Outdoors and Rod & Gun written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1584 pages
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Total Pages : 816 pages
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Download or read book International Antiques Yearbook, Encyclopedia & Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 602 pages
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Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Hobbies written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leroy Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178096434X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The M1 Garand written by Leroy Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt that the distinctive “twang” as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider it one of the key reasons they survived the war.
Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1956-09 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Author : Society for Army Historical Research (London, England)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research written by Society for Army Historical Research (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 908 pages
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Download or read book American Rifleman written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald J. LaRocca
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588391809
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Warriors of the Himalayas written by Donald J. LaRocca and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2006 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth examination of the fascinating and virtually unknown of armor and weapons from Tibet, dating from the 13th to the 20th century.
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Total Pages : 1790 pages
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