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A History of Weapons
A History of Weapons: Crossbows, Caltrops, Catapults & Lots of Other Things that Can Seriously Mess You Up | John O'Bryan
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Presents a look at weapons throughout history while relaying information about each item's history, uses, and damage potential, in a work that ranges in coverage from man's first weapons to nineteenth-century American weapons.
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If there's one thing we (humans) are good at, its finding new and increasingly painful ways to kill each other. The snarky tone keeps this from just being a catalogue of death dealing tools, and it is very informative to see how different groups used the inventions of others to build even more formidable weapons. 4 🗡🗡🗡🗡 out of 5

Lreads I like the subtitle! 😁 5y
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