Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man | 
 enlarge | Author: R. G. Grant
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 134342
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 075663203X
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.109
EAN: 9780756632038
ASIN: 075663203X
Publication Date: September 17, 2007
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Book Description
Focusing on the frontline soldiers who fought for their tribes, their cities, their overlords and their countries-from the Ancient Greeks who repelled the invading Persians in the 5th century to the US Marines in action in Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, this visual history paints a compelling portrait of the frontline soldier through 2,500 years of history. The third in a series of illustrated military history books, following the highly successful Battle and Weapon, Warrior features vivid accounts of daily life, training, and tactics of the ordinary fighting man. AUTHOR BIO: R.G. Grant is a history writer who has published more than 20 books, including titles on the Revolutionary War, World War I and II, and the Vietnam War. He's also the author of DK's Battle, Weapon, and Flight: 100 Years of Aviation.
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 Best Book Ever February 8, 2008
I bought this for my boyfriend's coffee table. Everyone that comes over love it!! I highly recommend this book and the seller!!!
 Warrior: A Visual Image of Fighting Man January 15, 2008
Warrior is a wonderful resorce for any history buff. It gives a breif history of different warrior through out history to modern times. Great resource for any reader of historcal fiction such as that of Bernard Cornwell. It puts into pictures the armor and weapons Cornwell puts into words.
Books January 7, 2008
Great book! Purchased as a gift for my son and he's still pouring over it. Excellent photographs and very accurate historical information.
 Not What I Had Hoped For..... November 24, 2007
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I found Warrior at the store today and snapped it up. I already have Battle and Weapon, which are both excellent books. However, after a good looking through, Warrior is really lacking compared to it's bretheren.
While the book does a great job at first in introducing the Warriors in question, it really is terrible when it comes to the second half of the the book. It is here (especially WWII and after) that it literally falls apart. The author in his introduction mentions that he wanted to really concentrate on the Warriors themselves, yet he completely ignores this and digresses in the wrong direction. For example, he goes into detail about HMS Victory, the B-17 and T-34 tank and tactics used with those. Eh... Why? Those should be in another book altogether. So he wasted valuable book space on this non-related material and completely forgets to include even the most fundamental soldiers of WWII: Infantry from around the world. Instead, he sticks with Naval, Armored and Air Forces. I don't get it. Sure, he includes the US Paratrooper and SOF forces (who I don't consider Warriors in the sense of the book), but not the likes of the Japanese soldier, who's Warrior mentality is really what the book was all about. You will see what I mean when you page through it. With the exception of the Zulu, the author also skips the the Post Civil War Period altogether up to WWI. I can't believe that this passed scrutiny. I'm really disappointed with this. The book is fundamentally incomplete as printed.
-Ski
Rich and Deadly November 23, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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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