It All Started with Stones and Clubs: Being A Short History of War
Armour R.
It All Started with Stones and Clubs: Being A Short History of War - New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. - 143 p.
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In this, his 35th book, Richard Armour bravely tackles a ticklish subject. His method, as might be expected, is completely his own. He does not satirize war. He lets war satirize itself. Bombs, he believes, speak louder than words. Out of his incredible research comes an incredible history of war and weaponry that includes most of what is important and even more that is inimportant. Here are such famous conquerors as Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, and Hitler. ...
It All Started with Stones and Clubs: Being A Short History of War - New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967. - 143 p.
n/29043
In this, his 35th book, Richard Armour bravely tackles a ticklish subject. His method, as might be expected, is completely his own. He does not satirize war. He lets war satirize itself. Bombs, he believes, speak louder than words. Out of his incredible research comes an incredible history of war and weaponry that includes most of what is important and even more that is inimportant. Here are such famous conquerors as Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, and Hitler. ...