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The History of Guns eBook Michelle Brachet



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Weapons have been used since the beginning of civilisation. Primitive designs used for hunting animals led to weapons that were used for defence and warfare. Before guns came bows, spears, crossbows, hand axes, clubs, swords, daggers and many other implements, designed with the sole purpose of inflicting terminal injury on the unfortunate recipient.

The history of the development of guns throughout the centuries is intrinsically linked to historical military events from the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Battle of Pavia in 1525, the French Revolution in 1789, the American Civil War in 1861 to World War I and World War II in the 20th century, taking us to the requirements
and developments that warfare in the modern world dictates today. The impact that guns have had on world history is most certainly profound.

The History of Guns is a fascinating and of course vast subject. This is not a catalogue of every model of every gun through history to date, but instead looks at the historical evolution of generic categories of guns together with who, how and why key gun design changes were developed and implemented over the centuries.

The History of Guns eBook Michelle Brachet

This book reads easily and is filled with beautiful pictures and interesting facts about the featured pistols and rifles. TSW

Product details

  • File Size 4967 KB
  • Print Length 144 pages
  • Publisher Demand Digital Limited (March 18, 2014)
  • Publication Date March 18, 2014
  • Language English
  • ASIN B00J4584TG

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This volume is a brief overview of the history of firearms from their origins to the present day. As the author admits, only a cursory presentation is possible in 125 pages. The photos are of good quality and plentiful. Only one of their captions is glaringly incorrect (a StG44 is misidentified as an M1 Garand (!)). On the one hand the images represent only a few of the weapons mentioned in the text (which can be frustrating when trying to understand how designs developed over time), on the other they take up about half of the page count overall (many are full page). More are present in some chapters than others (i.e. 5 of 8 pages of the Sniper rifle section are images). The images are credited to WIKIMEDIA COMMONS on the last page of the volume, so, presumably, are open source.

The absence of text, however, isn't entirely a bad thing as the writing style is terrible. Although some interesting facts are presented and typographical errors are not an issue, the book reads like a translation from another language (no indication of this being the case is evident in the publication data). The text can be repetitive and reads like a high school term paper (of average quality). The selection of what is included in the text is quite arbitrary. The chapters are very short, yet relatively obscure information is thrown in at random (often unrelated to the paragraph before or after) as if the book is an abbreviated version of a more thought out volume (again...like a high school term paper).

A bit too complex for an elementary school student to enjoy (due to the vocabulary--although a glossary is provided at the end), yet not thought out well enough to hold the interest of a reader above that grade level.
This book reads easily and is filled with beautiful pictures and interesting facts about the featured pistols and rifles. TSW
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