Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs

Mayor, Adrienne

ISBN 10: 158567608X / ISBN 13: 9781585676088

Verlag: Overlook Books, 2004

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BSM.1B1GK

Inhaltsangabe:

Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor's exploration of the origins of controversial weaponry, draws extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism.

Drawing on sources ancient and modern, Mayor describes ancient recipes for arrow poisons, booby traps rigged with plague, petroleum-based combustibles, choking gases, and the deployment of dangerous animals and venomous snakes and insects. She also explores the ambiguous moral implications inherent in this kind of warfare: Are these nefarious forms of weaponry ingenious or cowardly? Admirable or reprehensible?

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs
Verlag: Overlook Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: very_good