Bibliograph

Knives and swords, a visual history, [general editor: Chris McNab]

Type

Label

Knives and swords, a visual history, [general editor: Chris McNab]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Knives and swords

Oclc number

318408885

Responsibility statement

[general editor: Chris McNab]

Sub title

a visual history

Summary

Chronicles the history of knives and swords through photographs and descriptions of over three hundred significant edged weapons, from prehistory through the twentieth century

Table Of Contents

Ancient blades, 3000 BCE-1000 CE -- Celtic warrior -- Hoplite -- Roman gladiator -- Early armor -- Viking raider -- The Middle Ages, 1000-1500 -- Tournament combat -- Medieval knight -- Medieval foot soldier -- Medieval fight books -- Shaolin monk -- Blade vs. bow -- The age of swordmanship, 1500-1775 -- Dueling -- Cossack warrior -- Landsknecht -- Pikeman -- Cutting and thrusting -- Samurai -- Twilight of the sword, 1775-1900 -- British cavalryman -- Fencing -- United States cavalryman -- Bayonet tactics -- North American warrior -- Ottoman warrior -- Ninja -- Kenjutsu -- Zulu warrior -- Maori warrior -- The modern world, 1900 onward -- WWII British commando -- Gurkha

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