Firepower
by Paul Douglas Lockhart · first published 2021
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"The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of military technology from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era -- five-hundred-year-long "age of firepower" during which the evolution of weaponry transformed the conduct of warfare in the West. Weapons technology had always influenced warfare. But the introduction of gunpowder weapons at the close of the Middle Ages made military technology the largest single factor shaping warfare's tactics, strategy, and logistics. Over
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…Works by Joe Studwell is a fascinating look at why Japan, South Korea and China have done so well. My review is at : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4806521204 Another book I really enjoyed was Firepower : How Weapons Shaped Warfare by Paul Lockhart review at : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4417950705
on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗…Works by Joe Studwell is a fascinating look at why Japan, South Korea and China have done so well. My review is at : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4806521204 Another book I really enjoyed was Firepower : How Weapons Shaped Warfare by Paul Lockhart review at : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4417950705
on “Ask HN: Best books read in 2022” ↗Firepower - by Paul Lockhart. A history of military advances, of guns, big and small, mainly in the West, mainly after 1300. Very impressive overall, but for me the most eye-opening was the arms-race preceding…
on “Ask HN: Which are the most interesting books you have read in 2022?” ↗