ISBN10: 0684844079, ISBN13: 9780684844077, [publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, United Kingdom, London] Softcover In an elegantly illustrated volume, a noted historian reveals culture, society and history through the saga of war and its implements. Mankind's history has been determined by war. And throughout history, the way that wars are won and lost, and whether they are fought at all, has been determined more by weapons than any other single force. Before there was man, there were weapons. In his investigation of arms and culture, noted military historian Robert O'Connell goes all the way back to the first weapons: the claws, horns, and hooves of our evolutionary antecedents. Even then, a species' weaponry determined its future. So it has been for the human animal. From the ancient Assyrians' conquest of bronze, to the Toledo steel of the Spanish conquistadors, to the MIRV missiles of nuclear deterrence, the great weapons have set their own agendas. They continue to shape our culture and our lives today. THE SOUL OF THE SWORD gives world history from a club, gun, or aircraft carrier's perspective. Along the way, sidebars and drawings from premiere military illustrator John Batchelor illuminate the weapons themselves. In this fascinating book O'Connell unearths the extraordinary weapons of our past, and explains our most basic weapons as never before. Our killing tools are much more than fearsome curiosities; they are the engines of ...

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New York: The Free Press, Date: 2002. 400pp.. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Illus. by John Batchelor. Small Quarto. Remainder mark on bottom edge. 2002. The Free Press ISBN 0684844079 9780684844077 [US]

Free Press, July Date: 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very little wear to the book, some fading/yellowing to the jacket. Text pristine. 2002. Free Press ISBN 0684844079 9780684844077 [US]

Free Press, Date: 2002 First edition. . Hard cover. Very Good. Very good in very good dust jacket. First printing. Clean text, no marks or writing, one tiny soil speck on side page edge. Solid binding, nice dust jacket, just very mild hints of wear on edges. 400 p. Illustrations by John Batchelor. It is axiomatic to say that war has driven and shaped human history. Yet a corollary to this truth is far less well understood: weapons have driven and shaped war. Major conflicts have turned on the success or failure of the weapons involved, and entire strategies have been created around the existence of key weapons. Putting the corollary together with the axiom, weapons reflect better than almost anything else the changes, fears, and desires of man and society.. 2002. Free Press ISBN 0684844079 9780684844077 [US]

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ISBN10: 0684844079, ISBN13: 9780684844077, [publisher: Free Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition Red cloth/blue boards, 9.5"x7.25", 390pp. Text clean, bright & unmarked.
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New York: Free Press [0-684-84407-9] [2002], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 390pp. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Illustrations by John Batchelor. (Military, Warfare, Weapons). Free Press ISBN 0684844079 9780684844077 [CA]