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Title: Weapons : An International Encyclopedia From 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D., Updated Edition by Diagram Group ISBN: 0-312-03950-6 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: a good survey
Comment: If you pick this book up expecting comprehensive detail on all the world's weapons, you'll be disappointed. You will, however, find a decent survey of many world weapons (with some bias toward the West), and sometimes short descriptions of where/when/how they were used. I find it most useful for looking up an unfamiliar weapon and for finding out what things look like. If you want more scholarly or detailed information, you'll have to hunt a little harder.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well organized summaries of many weapons
Comment: The Diagram Group's "Weapons" is an excellent quick-reference guide to all types of armaments. It consists primarily of line drawings arranged by functionality and drawn to scale. There are also pages of weapons silhouettes organized by area and time period that serve as a quick cross-reference.
As a sword collector, I've found this book to be invaluable when trying to identify an unfamiliar piece. While it doesn't have the depth of a reference like George Cameron Stone's encyclopedia of arms, if you know what the weapon looks like, you can find it quickly, instead of being stuck in the catch-22 of needing to know the piece's name to find out anything. It also includes short sections on weapon histories and theory (for example, the evolution of the cartridge, the uses of various explosives, ballistic trajectories) that make fascinating light reading.
This book should not be considered a definitive reference, but as a starting point, quick guide and pleasant overview it is superb and I recommend it highly.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Information!
Comment: A greta overview to the history of weapons. Really nice book. Plenty of diagrams, pictures, and really deep explanations. This is a great companion to every arm chair historian or anyone who is interested in military history. Teachers may well like to have a copy in the classroom to channel the fascination young boys have with guns, knives, swords and bombs into the learning process.
Especially nice is the section on Nuclear weapons. A very detailed accoutn of the effects of nuclear weapons, thier tactical use and specifics including maps that show the how the blast radius of a 100 Megaton bomb could effectively put an end to a sizable portion of britain. Also given are details on radiation behavior and the effects of varying RAD doses as well as explanations as to the various terminology and accronyms such as ICBM, SLBM, IRBM, MIRV ect. It even has a nice table showing various blast yields and the corresponging blast radius and thermal effects. For instance a 10 Megaton bomb would give someone standing 35 miles away first degree burns! There is also a good section on Bio weapons and a very good section on Chemical weapons.
information on more dated weapons of war are also very good, though not always with as much depth. But the scope is the strong point, everything from maces, to chain mail, to bronze swords, to wooden clubs, to pole arms and pikes, to bows and arrows, to flint lock muskets, to samuri swords to self proppelled artillery. It's ALL here. Dont expect to find a complete guide to every specific model of tank or fighter, or expect to find a complete covereage of every singe machine gun, but short of actually listing and covering every single weapon ever made, this really covers all of the history of man's quest to find better ways of destroying himself.
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Title: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Coun by George Cameron Stone ISBN: 0486407268 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 03 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: An Historical Guide to Arms & Armor by Stephen Bull, Tony North ISBN: 0816026203 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Archaeology of Weapons : Arms and Armour from Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry by R. Ewart Oakeshott ISBN: 0486292886 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 18 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Book of the Sword by Sir Richard F. Burton ISBN: 0486254348 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Weapons and Armor by Harold M. Hart ISBN: 0486242420 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 1982 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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