Author : GORDON B. GREER
Release : 2009-01-06
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 212/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A TALE OF TWO BIRDS by : GORDON B. GREER
Download or read book A TALE OF TWO BIRDS written by GORDON B. GREER. This book was released on 2009-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Greer reviews the very sporadic appearance of new weapons of war during the first three millennia of recorded military history. He contrasts this with the increasing frequency of new weapons in the most recent two centuries and the short time generally taken to develop those later weapons. The increased pace of technology improvement in several important categories of weapons is discussed and the sequence is concluded by a review of an extremely long development period of a recent weapon, the Osprey.