Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern World: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics
- ISBN-10
- 0312348193
- ISBN-13
- 9780312348199
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-07-11
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Christer Jorgensen
Description
An illustrated survey of the fighting techniques and weaponry of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, written by five military experts, offers insight into the methods that were utilized in battle and how the development of period equipment changed the face of warfare. 10,000 first printing.
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