The Advent of Early Modern Warfare: The History of the Transition from Medieval Military Tactics to the Age of Gunpowder

Warfare in the Middle Ages: The History of Medieval Military and Siege Tactics

*Includes pictures *Includes chronicle accounts of some of the battles *Includes online resources and a bibliography for

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The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History 9781400874446

The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the tec

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The Background of Napoleonic Warfare: The Theory of Military Tactics in Eighteenth-Century France 9780231892100

Presents the tactics of French warfare throughout the 18th century, describing the creators of their system and their ta

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Gunpowder: The History and Legacy of the Explosive that Modernized Warfare

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “What gunpowder did for w

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The Atlas of Military History: An Around-the-World Survey of Warfare Through the Ages 9781607105671

Aggression. Disruption. Violence. Mortality. The components of war are familiar to us all, but it's often hard to u

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Heroes of History: a Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age 074322910X, 9780743229104

In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces -- The Story of Civilization. Durant completed twenty-one of a prop

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Before the Military Revolution: European Warfare and the Rise of the Early Modern State 1300–1490 9781789256703, 9781789256697, 1789256704

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The transition from the ancient to the medieval world

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Military Thought of Asia: From the Bronze Age to the Information Age 0367360187, 9780367360184

Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of war

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A History of Kabbalah: From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day 1107153131, 9781107153134

Jonathan Garb's A History of Kabbalah: From the Early Modern Period to the Present Day is a lucid and sophisticated

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