War Bows Book

This is a very nicely packaged book approximately 11 x 10 with hundreds of images on fine heavy stock. Mike loades presents in a vivid and readable fashion a survey of their use over many centuries. In their various forms they allowed trained archers to take down even well armoured targets from great distances and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history.

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Military history matters anyone with an interest in war bows or the history of warfare would greatly benefit from a copy of this comprehensive work.

War bows book. This book will not only appeal to those fascinated by ancient weapons and their application but. War bows were a mainstay of armies throughout the world from the earliest recorde. War bows mike loades. Longbow crossbow composite bow and japanese yumi by mike loades war bows.

Bloomsbury usa download ebook free. Longbow crossbow composite bow and japanese yumi mike loades page. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. The book can be strongly recommended to anyone interested in the use of the bow and crossbow particularly as a military weapon.

Pdf epub mobi fb2 isbn. The longbow crossbow composite bow and japanese bow. War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. The composite bow was a versatile and devastatingly effective weapon on foot from chariots and on horseback for over a thousand years used by cultures as diverse as the hittites the romans the mongols and the ottoman turks.

Loades s experience with bows both in terms of their history and real life handling shines through in this well. War bow page 1 part 2 of crystals of memory series. Loades extensively researched work on the martial application of the bow and arrow throughout several specific time periods and regions. Read reviews from world s largest community for readers.

The author s passion for this subject shows in the first few pages. This book is based on three standard osprey books on the longbow crossbow and composite bow with some updates to reflect more recent research and an extra chapter on the japanese yumi a form of composite bow there are also cross references between the four sections making this feel more like a proper book in its own right and less like a compilation work.