THE COMPACT TIMELINE OF MILITARY HISTORY

Book ID/图书代码： 14630013B60048

English Summary/英文概要： This book presents an overview of world military history in all its many aspects, beginning with a summary of warfare in the context of weapons development. Running through the core of the book is a chronological Timeline of Military Events - wars, campaigns and battles - from earliest times to the present. Facing this are illustrated sections expanding upon, and providing background to, the facts in the chronology, with: biographies of the principal commanders and leaders; weapons, from spears and swords to artillery and ballistic missiles; armour, from shields and breastplates to battle tanks; fortification, castles and siege warfare; aircraft, from balloons to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; plus maps of selected battles. Completing the book is a comprehensive A-Z reference guide to two thousand of the Great Battles of History.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一部世界军事历史概论，以战事中武器的发展的总论作为开篇。分为：
·军事记事日志
·战争，作战，军队，将领
·武器，作战飞机，战舰，战术

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About the Author/作者介绍： DAVID GIBBONS is the author of Faiths & Religions of the World as well as co-author of The Compact Timelines of: World War II, Military History, and Aviation History. He entered book publishing in 1970 and became Editorial Director of Arms and Armour Press, which published some of the most significant military history titles of the 1970s and 1980s, including many that have become classics. In the 1980s he set up DAG Publications with Anthony Evans, which produced many Timeline titles and other military and history books. He has subsequently edited and designed a number of books for Conway, Bloomsbury and Third Millennium Press.

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