Rifles : an illustrated history of their impact / David Westwood.
TITLE:
Rifles : an illustrated history of their impact / David Westwood.
Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO,
Physical Description:
xvi, 470 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-456) and index.
Summary:
History is full of weapons that failed when it came to the test of action. They were either badly constructed, poorly designed, or too complex to be consistently functional in the one place where all these faults spell death to the user: the battlefield. Rifles: An Illustrated History of Their Impact explores the development of firearms from the early 1300s to the arrival of the empty battlefield in the 20th century and beyond.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781851094011
