From Crossbow to H-Bomb

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ISBN: 9780253201614 | 0253201616
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/1973

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" . . . offers the quickest way I know to acquire the basic historical background that we ought all to have.O ?Louis J. Halle, SurvivalThis classic in the field of military history covers weaponry from Archimedes' catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, emphasizes the contributions of science to warfare, and includes an extensive new chapter on the weapons of the nuclear age.

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Introduction
Antiquity
The Middle Ages
The Impact of Gunpowder
Early Artillery
Development of the Hand Gun
Naval Power, the Sailing Ship and the Gun
The Rise of the Military Engineer
War and Science in the 17th Century
Improvements in the Hand Gun
Artillery Changes, 1600-1700
Seventeenth-Century Science
Seventeenth-Century Fortification
Seventeenth-Century Naval Warfare
The 18th Century and Napoleonic Wars
Changes in Weapons and Tactics
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
Naval Warefare and Technology
Eighteenth-Century Science
The 19th Century
Science, Independent of War, Transforms War
Transformation of Land Warfare
Sea Power is Revolutionized
Late Developments in 19th Century Science
World War One, the Use and Non-Use of Science
The Coming of the Airplane
The Submarine Story
The Stalemate on Land
World War Two
The Role of the Scientist
The Supremacy of the Airplane
Radar
The Proximity Fuse
Fire-Control Mechanisms
Antisubmarine Measures
Incendiaries and Smoke Screens
The Coming of the Ballistic Missile
The Nuclear Revolution
The Warning
The Chain Reaction Problem
The Manhattan Project
Nuclear Developments after World War Two
Strategic Consequences of the Nuclear Revolution
Operations and Systems Analysis, the Science of Strategic Choice
Recent Weaponry Changes (1962-1972)
The New School of Conventional War Thinking
New Weapons for Non-Nuclear War
New Naval Weaponry
New Strategic Weapons Developments: The MIRV and ABM Systems
The Problem of Mounting Costs
Bibliography
Name and Weapon
Index
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