Fire Power
Author | : Chris Dempster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Chris Dempster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Paul Lockhart |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2021-10-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781541672963 |
How military technology has transformed the world The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare but also the very structure of power in the West, from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era. Across this period, improvements in firepower shaped the evolving art of war. For centuries, weaponry had remained simple enough that any state could equip a respectable army. That all changed around 1870, when the cost of investing in increasingly complicated technology soon meant that only a handful of great powers could afford to manufacture advanced weaponry, while other countries fell behind. Going beyond the battlefield, Firepower ultimately reveals how changes in weapons technology reshaped human history.
Author | : Chrystos |
Publisher | : Press Gang / now bankrupt |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9780889740471 |
Eloquent words are Chrystos's tool for survival and her weapon in fighting for social justice. "Chrystos is writing a poetry which indeed changes the world." -Lambda Book Report
Author | : Dominick Bidwell |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2004-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1844152162 |
This is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.
Author | : Robert Kirkman |
Publisher | : Image Comics |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2020-08-05 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : |
Owen Johnson thought he could turn his back on his training, his power, and that dangerous world he never wanted to be a part of. Unfortunately for Owen and his family, the danger has found him, and whether he wants it or not, the FIRE POWER is the only thing that can save them.
Author | : Gerard Ryle |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2010-10-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 145871649X |
A magic pill that cuts fuel consumption and reduces emissions ...... that was the miracle promised by Tim Johnsto' s company, Firepower. Everyone believed him; prime ministers and presidents, doctors and diplomats, business leaders and sporting heroe - even ASIC the corporate watch do - went along with the myth. Millions of shares were sold to i...
Author | : Helio Fred Garcia |
Publisher | : Radius Book Group |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1635769035 |
The consequences of incendiary rhetoric are predictable. This is what author Helio Fred Garcia argues and warns us about in Words on Fire. The El Paso terrorist attack finally brought to the forefront broader public recognition that leaders who dehumanize and demonize groups, rivals, or critics create conditions where citizens begin to accept, condone, and even commit acts of violence. Leaders of all kinds use language to move people, and this book is about how they do it. The Work focuses on Donald Trump’s use of language that dehumanizes others, and how his use of dehumanizing language can provoke “lone wolves” to commit acts of violence, a type of violent extremism known as stochastic terrorism. Garcia’s goal is to sound the alarm about this insidious spur to violence by spelling out the mechanisms by which it works so that leaders, citizens, journalists, and others can recognize it when it occurs and hold leaders accountable. The Work is a timely analysis of leadership communication applied to the current political and social climate that will find a long-term audience with engaged citizens, civic leaders, and in the business, military, academic, and religious communities with which the author has deep ties. Garcia provides responsible leaders not just with techniques to recognize when they are using language in ways that may lead to negative consequences, but with ways to stop, redirect their focus, and stay on the high ground. And he provides citizens, civic leaders, journalists, and others with a framework to recognize potentially violence-provoking rhetoric so they can hold leaders accountable for it with twelve warning signs that rhetoric may provoke violence.
Author | : J.B.A Bailey |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135478112 |
This definitive overview of the development and use of artillery makes the complex artillery systems of today understandable, while at the same time showing how they have evolved and how they are likely to change in the future. The author, until recently chief of artillery for the British Army, is considered one of the world's foremost experts on the subject. Unlike other books that either describe the technical aspects of present-day firepower or outline its history during specific wars, this work provides both a detailed explanation of the modern artillery system and a history of its development over the past six hundred fifty years, identifying its enduring principles and changing practices against an ever-changing background of technology, tactics, and strategy. When an earlier version of this book was published in 1989, it became known as the best single source on field artillery in the English language. This new edition has been fully updated and substantially expanded to cover a wide range of contemporary military debates and the role of firepower, and is certain to be regarded as the ultimate work on the subject for years to come. J. B. A. Bailey assesses major developments over the past decade, analyzing artillery operations in airborne, urban, littoral, desert, jungle, mountain, artic, and nocturnal environments. He examines direct fire, counterfire, the suppression of enemy air defenses, and force protection methods. He explains field artillery from its primitive beginnings to its dominance as an art in World War II and its potent utility in operations since 1945 and into the future. The book will be of particular interest to military historians and those engaged in debating firepower's future. Published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army. 15 photographs. 8 line drawings. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 7 x 10 inches.
Author | : John B. Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : |