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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour). Originally published: 2016. Contents include: Hand-held weapons -- Catapults, spears, arrows -- Big guns -- Small arms -- Early armour -- Modern armour -- Animals in warfare -- Early tanks -- Modern tanks -- Sinking ships -- On and under water -- Flying machines -- Rockets and lasers. Summary: Have you ever wondered how guns and bullet proof jackets were invented? From spears and arrows to experiments with rocket and lasers, from chain mail to kevlar and ceramic plates, Weapons and Warfare explores the history and development of weaponry, the successes and failures that have led to the weapons of modern warfare that we know today. It'll never work