Battle (DK Eyewitness Books)
by Richard Holmes Author
(From Amazon): The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. Eyewitness Battle is DK's classic look at the history of military science and warfare, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-7566-5027-8
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 31
- Pages
- 72
- Publisher
- DK Children
- Edition
- Har/Cdr/Ps
- Copyright
- 2009
Chapters
- 1 What is a battle?
- 2 Infantry of the line
- 3 Heavy cavalry
- 4 Weapon's training
- 5 Badges of rank
- 6 Regimental colors
- 7 Supply and transportation
- 8 A soldier's pack
- 9 Reconnaissance
- 10 Field guns
- 11 Rapid-fire weapons
- 12 High angle fire
- 13 Artillery instruments
- 14 Bows and arrows
- 15 Maces and battle-axes
- 16 Swords
- 17 Firearms
- 18 Close combat
- 19 Gunpowder arms
- 20 Rifled weapons
- 21 Communications
- 22 Engineering
- 23 Victory and defeat
- 24 Rewards of battle
- 25 Sick and wounded
- 26 Memories of war
- 27 World War II
- 28 An unquiet peace
- 29 Find out more
- 30 Glossary
- 31 Index
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