{"product_id":"warrior-a-visual-history-of-the-fighting-man-r-g-grant-hardcover","title":"Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man - R.G. Grant - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the front-line soldiers who fought for their tribes, their cities, their overlords and their countries-from the Ancient Greeks who repelled the invading Persians in the 5th century to the US Marines in action in Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, this visual history paints a compelling portrait of the front-line soldier through 2,500 years of history. The third in a series of illustrated military history books, following the highly successful 'Battle' and 'Weapon', 'Warrior' features vivid accounts of daily life, training, and tactics of the ordinary fighting man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are also features on the kit they carried and the weapons they used, as well as the part they played in significant battles. In addition to celebrated soldiers of Europe and North America there are sections on equally formidable warriors from other parts of the world, such as the Mongol horsemen of the 13th century, the Aztecs, the Samurai of 17th-century Japan, New Zealand's Maori and the Zulus of South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarrior is organized into six sections, covering six distinct periods in the history of warfare: Phalanxes and Legions deals with the warfare of Ancient Greece and Rome; Conquest and Chivalry explores the age of warriors who fought for either honor or plunder; Pikemen and Musketeers charts the advent of gunpowder in the 16th century; Empires and Frontiers deals with expansion of empires and the clashes of colonization; Trenches and Dogfights looks at the mechanized warfare of World War I and II, when the development of tanks, aeroplanes and submarines as weapons of war marks the beginning of a completely new era; and Guerillas and Commandos shows that despite the proliferation of death-dealing machines the ordinary soldier still retains a role, sometimes highly specialized, such as helicopter-borne infantry, or guerrilla forces like the Vietcong, who managed to resist the most powerful army on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis copy is in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGood \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003econdition. There is some coloring and marking of the page edges and cover. There are a number of small tears in the dust jacket. There is some minor shelf wear.  As always, the photos are of the book you will receive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Franck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51914985144551,"sku":"TWLFZ621","price":19.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8511\/5879\/files\/2TWL_691_f8b8b6ed-1312-42a3-8faa-621bea269068.jpg?v=1774394694","url":"https:\/\/thewarlibrary.com.au\/products\/warrior-a-visual-history-of-the-fighting-man-r-g-grant-hardcover","provider":"The War Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}