The World Atlas of Warfare by Richard Holmes

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The World Atlas of Warfare by Richard Holmes

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The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Course of History. General Editor and main contributor Richard Holmes. Published by Viking Studio Books, part of Viking Penguin Inc. Copyright © Mitchell Beazley International Ltd. 1988. Printed in Germany. ISBN 0 670 81967 0

304 page large format clothbound book (235mm x 300mm) with intact dust jacket. Divided into the following sections:

Introduction by Richard Holmes
Chapter 1 – The Dawn of Warfare by Ian Russell Lowell (8000BC – 605BC)
Chapter 2 – Warriors of Greece and Rome by Matthew Bennett (499BC – 568AD)
Chapter 3 – Men of Iron by Matthew Bennett (790AD – 1525 AD)
Chapter 4 – Storm from the East by Matthew Bennett (451AD – 1529 AD)
Chapter 5 – War in the Orient by T. A. Heathcote. Indo-Persia (1600BC – 1818AD), China (1122BC – 1864AD) and Japan (794AD – 1868AD).
Chapter 6 – Villainous Saltpetre by Richard Holmes (1337 – 1645)
Chapter 7 – The Age of the Flintlock by Richard Holmes (1661 – 1814)
Chapter 8 – The Age of Factory War by Richard Holmes (1815 – 1914)
Chapter 9 – The Star of Empire by Anthony Clayton (1520 – 1982)
Chapter 10 – World War I – Advance to Deadlock by Richard Holmes (1879 – 1914)
Chapter 11 – World War I – Breaking the Fetters 1915 – 1922 by Richard Holmes
Chapter 12 – World War II – Blitzkrieg 1919 – 1940 by Richard Holmes
Chapter 13 – World War II – The Eastern Front 1937 – 1945 by Richard Holmes
Chapter 14 – World War II – The Desert War 1922 – 1945 by Richard Holmes
Chapter 15 – World War II – The Pacific War 1904 – 1945 by Eric Grove
Chapter 16 – World War II – The End in the West by Richard Holmes (1940-1945)
Chapter 17 – Strategic Bombing by John Sweetman (1915 – 1972)
Chapter 18 – Guerilla War by Charles Townshend (1808 – 1970s)
Chapter 19 – Destroyer of Worlds by John Pimlott (1945 – 1987)
Chapter 20 – The Unquiet Peace by John Pimlott (1945 – 1984)
Bibliography
Index

As one might expect from a book called an atlas every section includes maps as well as contemporary illustrations and archive photographs where appropriate.

This book was originally published at $40 US.

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