Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man | 
| Author: R. G. Grant
Publisher: DK ADULT
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 194771
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 075663203X
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.109
EAN: 9780756632038
ASIN: 075663203X
Publication Date: September 17, 2007
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Book Description
Focusing on the frontline 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 frontline 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. AUTHOR BIO: R.G. Grant is a history writer who has published more than 20 books, including titles on the Revolutionary War, World War I and II, and the Vietnam War. He's also the author of DK's Battle, Weapon, and Flight: 100 Years of Aviation.
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 GOOD SCHEMATIC VIEW July 22, 2008
AS USUAL,DK PRODUCTS EMPHASIZE IN AN IMPRESSIVE IMAGE DISPLAY.IF YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS OF EQUIPMENT,UNIFORMS OR WEAPONS ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORIC PERIODS THIS IS YOUR BOOK.HOWEVER,IT IS NOT INTENDED TO MAKE A COVERAGE IN DETAIL OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONEMENT OF THE PERIODS COVERED,BECAUSE THIS WILL RECQUIRE TWICE THE SIZE OF THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK.GOOD ONE VOLUME OVERLOOK TO MILITARY HISTORY OF ALL TIMES.
 Best Book Ever February 8, 2008
I bought this for my boyfriend's coffee table. Everyone that comes over love it!! I highly recommend this book and the seller!!!
Warrior: A Visual Image of Fighting Man January 15, 2008
Warrior is a wonderful resorce for any history buff. It gives a breif history of different warrior through out history to modern times. Great resource for any reader of historcal fiction such as that of Bernard Cornwell. It puts into pictures the armor and weapons Cornwell puts into words.
Books January 7, 2008
Great book! Purchased as a gift for my son and he's still pouring over it. Excellent photographs and very accurate historical information.
 Not What I Had Hoped For..... November 24, 2007
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I found Warrior at the store today and snapped it up. I already have Battle and Weapon, which are both excellent books. However, after a good looking through, Warrior is really lacking compared to it's bretheren.
While the book does a great job at first in introducing the Warriors in question, it really is terrible when it comes to the second half of the the book. It is here (especially WWII and after) that it literally falls apart. The author in his introduction mentions that he wanted to really concentrate on the Warriors themselves, yet he completely ignores this and digresses in the wrong direction. For example, he goes into detail about HMS Victory, the B-17 and T-34 tank and tactics used with those. Eh... Why? Those should be in another book altogether. So he wasted valuable book space on this non-related material and completely forgets to include even the most fundamental soldiers of WWII: Infantry from around the world. Instead, he sticks with Naval, Armored and Air Forces. I don't get it. Sure, he includes the US Paratrooper and SOF forces (who I don't consider Warriors in the sense of the book), but not the likes of the Japanese soldier, who's Warrior mentality is really what the book was all about. You will see what I mean when you page through it. With the exception of the Zulu, the author also skips the the Post Civil War Period altogether up to WWI. I can't believe that this passed scrutiny. I'm really disappointed with this. The book is fundamentally incomplete as printed.
-Ski
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