TY - BOOK AU - Nardo,Don TI - Weapons and warfare SN - 1590181832 AV - U804.A1 N37 2004 U1 - 355.8/2/09 22 PY - 2004/// CY - San Diego, Detroit PB - Lucent Books, Thomson/Gale KW - Military weapons KW - History KW - War N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-105) and index; Stone Age warfare and the Native Americans -- Military innovations in the ancient Near East -- Greece and Rome at war: the rise of the West -- Knights and castles in medieval Europe and Japan -- The fast, fierce armies of the Asian conquerors -- Musket and bayonet: linear warfare emerges -- Industrializing the battlefield: the first modern wars -- Crushing ordeal of total warfare: World War II; 8.9; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - Describes war tactics and weapons from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century, discussing their effectiveness and their impact on warfare as a whole, and includes photos and illustrations, sidebars, and an annotated further reading list ER -