Book: Hardback | 264 x 311mm | 360 pages | ISBN 9780756613600 | 29 Sep 2005 | Dorling Kindersley | 18 - AND UP
Featuring the key developments in military technology, from the discoveries of bronze and iron to the introduction of gunpowder and the creation of weapons of mass destruction. Battle provides an overview of 5,000 years of armed combat.
Includes biographies of military leaders, tacticians, scientists and inventors
Covers causes, events and consequences of every major conflict
Gripping personal accounts bring the battlefield closer to the reader.