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Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 12691
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 0756622107
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.4
EAN: 9780756622107
ASIN: 0756622107
Publication Date: October 2, 2006
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Product Description
For 4,000 years weapons, and the warriors who used them, have acted as the cutting edge of history, using ax, spear, bow, sword, gun, and cannon to determine the rise of kingdoms and the fall of empires. From the stone axes of the earliest warfare to the heavy artillery of today's modern armies, this awe-inspiring book portrays for the first time the entire spectrum of weaponry. A spectacular, unprecedented visual reference to the design, function and history of arms and armor from around the world. Combines specially commissioned photography and sophisticated design with authoritative text and exhaustive coverage. Beautifully photographed and richly detailed catalogues display - often at actual size - all the major types of weapon, from spears to machine-guns. Profiles the warriors who have deployed the weapons to devastating effect, from the Roman legionary to the US Navy Seal. Includes features that showcase individual weapons in stunning detail.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Skip the reviews and just buy it. November 24, 2008
I bought this book to serve me as reference and idea book for the fantasy illustrations I do and I have to say it does an excellent job.
There are enough photos in it to satisfy thirst for visual of any man and the minimal but informative and to the point amount of text that follows every image. The combination makes for a fast and entertaining read easy to browse through.
I found it to be an extremely rewarding experience.
 Handy Visual Reference October 3, 2008
Written well for enthusiast level readers (there are some technical details off, particularly in the nomenclature) this provides a really handy visual history of weapons and the armor used to protect against them. Primarily the book is about guns, but I was pleased with how much space was also paid to medieval and earlier weaponry. Also nice was that the history of guns wasn't just modern weapons, but early modern as well.
Great! March 3, 2008
It's one of the most important books for me, full of detailed pictures in the classic style of DK publishing.I totally recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of armor and guns
Excellent and well-written book December 28, 2007
I bought this book for my father for a winter hobby. He's a retired policeman and avid gun collector. I wasn't sure how it would go over because he is not a reader. He loved this book, wouldn't put it down on xmas. It was well-organized, and the visual pictures were excellent. Perfect for a weapons-buff who's not a huge reader. It's going to keep him entertained for awhile, which was the point. Highly recommended.
Rich and Deadly November 23, 2007
This is a three in one review on the truly splendid books, Warrior, Weapon, and Battle. Or more formally: Warrior, A visual History of the Fighting Man. Weapon, A visual History of Arms and Armor. Battle, A visual Journey through 5000 Years of Combat.
They can be reviewed together because of their kinship in sharing the same visual concept and the same supremely expert author, R. G. Grant. No pilgrim, Grant is the author of over 20 books, most on the subject of conflict, implements of war and the fighting man.
All three books are wonderfully delicious for those of us whose DNA inclines us toward the history of arms, armament and the men who have carried them. These books are chock full of photographs, charts, maps and illustrations on every page to beautifully compliment and expand upon a tightly written, no fluff text. And this text is extremely well researched.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I must confess that I have not read each of these three books in their entirety. I've had them for only 2 weeks and after scanning them from start to finish, I am now devouring them slowly, page by page, like a monk with a holy book, meting out tasty morsels judiciously. I want this to last a long time.
Although, the books overlap to a degree, they are not repetitious in any negative way as they each have their own exclusive focus.
Warrior takes on the subject of the individual fighting man from 600 BCE to the present, from the Greek Hoplite, the Samurai, Zulu, Mongol bowman, American rifleman to the modern western infantry and special forces...and almost everything in between.
Weapon focuses on just about every kind of implement of a fighting man's arsenal of killing tools from Assyrian spears to the AK 47. In some cases, replicas have been photographed but mostly it's the often crusty, old real thing. The photography is first rate. As in all three books, the text and illustrations are intermingled in such an artful way as to make each page a visual smorgasbord.
Battle covers the first recorded major battle which is between the Canaanites and the Egyptians at Meiddo and takes us through conflicts in every age all the way to modern times. Its focus is on the Generals, the strategies, the troops and their weapons.
Battle was published by DK in 2005, Weapon in `05 and Warrior in `07. Highly recommended, all three.
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