From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition

by Bernard Brodie and Fawn M. Brodie

Book Overview

" . . . offers the quickest way I know to acquire the basic historical background that we ought all to have." --Louis J. Halle, Survival

This classic in the field of military history covers weaponry from Archimedes' catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, emphasizes the contributions of science to warfare, and includes an extensive new chapter on the weapons of the nuclear age.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253201616
• ISBN13: 9780253201614
• Release Date: April 1973
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.9"