Book cover of Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare by Paul Lockhart
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Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare

How military technology has transformed the world 

The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. In Firepower, acclaimed historian Paul Lockhart tells the story of the evolution of weaponry and how it transformed not only the conduct of warfare but also the very structure of power in the West, from the Renaissance to the dawn of the atomic era.  […Learn More]