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The Definitive Visual History
Warfare: The Definitive Visual History
The most wide-ranging and visually arresting history of wars and warfare ever published, War: Definitive Visual Guide documents every major war or significant period of conflict in over 5,000 years of human history. A must-have reference gift for military enthusiasts and general readers alike, no other book about warfare contains such a diverse selection of imagery including contemporary paintings and photographs, objects and artifacts, and specially commissioned artworks, maps, and diagrams.
War: Definitive Visual Guide includes a comprehensive directory of every major war, thematic spreads examining broader topics within the history of warfare, from the role of mercenaries, communications, and the treatment of wounded soldiers, and personal accounts and objects from soldiers and civilians that bring to life the human experience of battle.
From the earliest known Wars in Sumeria and Ancient Egypt War to the occupation of Iraq, War: Definitive Visual Guide combines a coherent and compelling spread-by-spread historical narrative with a wealth of supporting features to recount the epic 5,000-year story of warfare and combat through the ages.
War: Definitive Visual Guide includes a comprehensive directory of every major war, thematic spreads examining broader topics within the history of warfare, from the role of mercenaries, communications, and the treatment of wounded soldiers, and personal accounts and objects from soldiers and civilians that bring to life the human experience of battle.
From the earliest known Wars in Sumeria and Ancient Egypt War to the occupation of Iraq, War: Definitive Visual Guide combines a coherent and compelling spread-by-spread historical narrative with a wealth of supporting features to recount the epic 5,000-year story of warfare and combat through the ages.
512 pages, Hardcover
First published April 16, 2012
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9,023 books2,100 followersDorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
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Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
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October 3, 2021continues to impress with their endless array of “Definitive” volumes that are all that and more. If these types of book were used during our high school days, it would have made learning all the more enjoyable.
The book boasts hundreds of illustrations and photos to give readers a thorough overview of the subject matter. The book looks at more than 5,000 years of conflict from the earliest days that nations warred, right up until the year 2000.
We learn lesser aspects of the reason for wars, along with the end game of those wars. The book opens in the ancient world circa 3000BCE to 5000 BCE, with the fall of Empires, as territories were invaded in the quest for supremacy.
Charts found within the book are equally informative, with capsule views of the conflicts compressed into events by year.
They are all here: The First Crusades, Mongol Invasions, Dutch Revolt, Franco-Prussian War, Russo-Japanese War, Battle at Leuthen, Hundred Years War, and much more. So many aspects of the battles are featured, with weapons, propaganda, medicine, armor, communications, and other relevant factors.
WARFARE is like twenty encyclopedias rolled into one, with one massive, monumental coffee table edition.
The book boasts hundreds of illustrations and photos to give readers a thorough overview of the subject matter. The book looks at more than 5,000 years of conflict from the earliest days that nations warred, right up until the year 2000.
We learn lesser aspects of the reason for wars, along with the end game of those wars. The book opens in the ancient world circa 3000BCE to 5000 BCE, with the fall of Empires, as territories were invaded in the quest for supremacy.
Charts found within the book are equally informative, with capsule views of the conflicts compressed into events by year.
They are all here: The First Crusades, Mongol Invasions, Dutch Revolt, Franco-Prussian War, Russo-Japanese War, Battle at Leuthen, Hundred Years War, and much more. So many aspects of the battles are featured, with weapons, propaganda, medicine, armor, communications, and other relevant factors.
WARFARE is like twenty encyclopedias rolled into one, with one massive, monumental coffee table edition.
September 16, 2021
Excellent book that covered the history of warfare in two ways: one by campaigns and wars and also in a strict chronological order. I appreciated that the book covered African and Asian wars, almost always overlooked in history classes. Illustrations and maps were well-done. A sobering look at how much warfare has been entwined with the history of the world.
July 16, 2021
WOW! If I was a kid, this would have been the book for me. Illustrations are grand. It's written in bite size chunks. Great for the pre-layperson. The old me thinks the young me would have loved this. I would buy this for a 10 year old nephew learning to read, building his comprehension skills.
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