Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691211084ISBN-10:691211086UPC:9780691211084Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Folklore & Mythology, MilitaryBook Topic:Greece, Biological & Chemical WarfareSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC9JDSQP6S
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World
A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of war
Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot. In this riveting history of the origins of unconventional war, Adrienne Mayor shows that...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691211084ISBN-10:691211086UPC:9780691211084Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Ancient, Folklore & Mythology, MilitaryBook Topic:Greece, Biological & Chemical WarfareSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC9JDSQP6S
Adrienne Mayor is the author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, and The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World (all Princeton). She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford...
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