Военная история / Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression

Название: Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression
Автор: Robert L. O'Connell
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2007
Страниц: 378
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 28 MB

The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened, outlawing the use of the crossbow among Christians. Withthis edict, arms control was born. As Robert L. O'Connell reveals in this vividly written history of weapons in Western culture, that first attempt at an arms control measure characterizes the complex and often paradoxical relationship between men and arms throughout the centuries.