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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs

Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World

by Adrienne Mayor
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/12/2022
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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 cultures around the world have used biological and chemical weapons for thousands of years—and debated the morality of doing so.

Drawing 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, this richly illustrated history catapults readers into the dark and fascinating realm of ancient war and mythic treachery.

ISBN:
9780691211084
9780691211084
Category:
Classical history / classical civilisation
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-12-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
432
Dimensions (mm):
202x133x27mm
Weight:
0.55kg
Adrienne Mayor

Adrienne Mayor's books include The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Fossil Legends of the First Americans (both Princeton).

She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University.

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