Title: A history of Greek fire and gunpowder
First published: 1960
Description: This scholarly compendium is almost an obituary of chemical explosives, rules as the ultimate arbiters of human affairs.
It is about a persistence of human dilemma, struggle for power and preservation of the secret which stand an uncommonly high standard of "security"
Subjects: History, Greek fire, Gunpowder, Ordnance, Incendiary weapons, Greek fire -- History., Gunpowder -- History., Incendiary weapons -- History., Gunpowder, history, War, Instrumentation, Fires
LC classification: TP268 .P3 1999