Bombardment.
Here are entered works on sustained military attacks on cities, military positions, etc., with bombs, shells, rockets or other explosive missiles. Works on military bombardments by means of bombs dropped from the air are entered under Bombing, Aerial. Works on the use of explosive devices for the purposes of political terrorism, protest, etc., are entered under Bombings.
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Broader term:Narrower terms:Used for:- Missile attacks
- Mortar attacks
- Rocket attacks
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A Chapter of Adventures, by G. A. Henty (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)- The Young Midshipman: A Story of the Bombardment of Alexandria, by G. A. Henty (multiple formats at archive.org)
- "You Feel Like You Are Subhuman": Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza (English and Arabic versions; 2024), by Amnesty International (PDF with commentary at amnesty.org)
- The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by Manhattan Engineer District (Gutenberg text)
- The Witness of Those Two Days: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945 (2 volumes; Tokyo: English Translation Group of "The Witness of Those Two Days", 1989), by Nihon Gensuibaku Higaisha Dantai Kyōgikai
- The Witness of Those Two Days: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945 (2 volumes; Tokyo: English Translation Group of "The Witness of Those Two Days", 1989), by Nihon Gensuibaku Higaisha Dantai Kyōgikai
- The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by Manhattan Engineer District (Gutenberg text)
- Airpower: Myths and Facts (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2003), by Phillip S. Meilinger (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
- Israeli Attack on Iraqi Nuclear Facilities: Hearings Before the Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs, on Europe and the Middle East and on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session, June 17 and 25, 1981 (Washington: GPO, 1981), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
- What Happened to the Corbetts (1939), by Nevil Shute (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- The Blitz Companion: Aerial Warfare, Civilians and the City Since 1911 (London: University of Westminster Press, c2019), by Mark Clapson (multiple formats with commentary in the UK)
- The Quest: Haywood Hansell and American Strategic Bombing in World War II (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1999), by Charles Griffith (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
- The Blitz Companion: Aerial Warfare, Civilians and the City Since 1911 (London: University of Westminster Press, c2019), by Mark Clapson (multiple formats with commentary in the UK)
- The Israeli Aggression Against the Peaceful Nuclear Installations in Iraq: Statement Made by Dr. Sa'adoun Hammadi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Before the Security Council, 12 June 1981 (Baghdad: Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1981), by Sa'dun Hammadi (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Israeli Attack on Iraqi Nuclear Facilities: Hearings Before the Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs, on Europe and the Middle East and on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session, June 17 and 25, 1981 (Washington: GPO, 1981), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
- Airpower Versus Terrorism: Three Case Studies (2003), by Todd R. Phinney (PDF at dtic.mil)
- Air War and Emotional Stress: Psychological Studies of Bombing and Civilian Defense (first edition; New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1951), by Irving L. Janis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team (photographer died in 1979, but 1942 photo copyrights expired in Canada; c1942), by John Steinbeck, illust. by John Swope (multiple formats in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- History of the 9th Bombardment Group (VH) (1995), ed. by Lawrence S. Smith (PDF files at Wayback Machine)
- Airpower: Myths and Facts (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2003), by Phillip S. Meilinger (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Military art and science- Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War? Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (London and New York: Zed Books, c2013), by Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern (PDF with commentary at Diva)
- The Art and Science of War Versus the Art of Fighting (Washington: National Pub. Co., 1922), by Robert Goldthwaite Carter
- Battle Studies: Ancient and Modern Battle (1921), by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, trans. by John N. Greely and Robert C. Cotton (Gutenberg text)
- Elements of Military Art and Science: or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactics of Battles, &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers, Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia (third edition, with critical notes on Mexican and Crimean wars; New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1862), by H. W. Halleck
- The Future of War in its Technical, Economic, and Political Relations: Is War Now Impossible? (New York: Doubleday and McClure Co., 1899), by Jan Bloch, trans. by R. E. C. Long, contrib. by W. T. Stead
- On War (1832 German version, and 1873 English translation), by Carl von Clausewitz, trans. by J. J. Graham (HTML with commentary at clausewitzstudies.org)
- Organization and Tactics (London et al.: B. Westermann and Co., 1895), by Arthur L. Wagner
- Principles of War, by Carl von Clausewitz, trans. by Hans W. Gatzke (HTML at clausewitxstudies.org)
- Quick Training for War: A Few Practical Suggestions (London: H. Jenkins Ltd., 1914), by Robert Baden-Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Service of Security and Information (11th edition; Kansas City: Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co., c1903), by Arthur L. Wagner
- The Spirit of Military Institutions (Columbia, SC: Evans and Cogswell, 1864), by Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, ed. by Frank Schaller, contrib. by Antoine Henri Jomini
- A Treatise on the Science of War and Fortification: Composed for the Use of the Imperial Polytechnick School, and Military Schools, and Translated for the War Department, for the Use of the Military Academy of the United States (2 volumes; New York: Printed by J. Seymour, 1817), by Simon Gay de Vernon, trans. by John Michael O'Connor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Paris: or, The Future of War (New York: E. P. Dutton, c1925), by Basil Henry Liddell Hart
- The Two Maps of Europe, and Some Other Aspects of the Great War (London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1915), by Hilaire Belloc
- Sea, Land, and Air Strategy: A Comparison (London: J. Murray, 1914), by George Aston (page images at HathiTrust)
- Strategic Appraisal: The Changing Role of Information in Warfare (1999), ed. by Zalmay Khalilzad, John P. White, and Andrew W. Marshall (PDF files at rand.org)
- Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War? Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (London and New York: Zed Books, c2013), by Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern (PDF with commentary at Diva)
- From the Vistula to the Oder: Soviet Offensive Operations, October 1844-March 1945 (1986 Symposium transcript of proceedings, 1986), by Art of War Symposium (page images at HathiTrust)
- Warlike and Peaceful Societies: The Interaction of Genes and Culture (Cambridge, UK et al.: Open Book Publishers, c2017), by Agner Fog (PDF and HTML with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- 700 French Terms for American Field Artillerymen (second edition, revised and augmented; New Haven: Yale University Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1918), by Edward Bliss Reed, contrib. by Robert M. Danford
- French-English Dictionary of Machine Gun Terms (Menasha, WI: G. Banta Pub. Co., c1918), by Harry James Malony, Frank Short, and H. Morton
- Hand-Book for the War: Describing the Military Terms in Use in the United States Service, and Giving a List of the Fort and Ships Belonging to the United States, Together With a Particular Description of the More Important Ones (Boston: Wholesale Office, 1861), by Gihon
- A Military Dictionary (Philadelphia: W. Duane, 1810), by William Duane
- Military Dictionary (1861), by H. L. Scott (page images at MOA)
- Vocabolario Marino e Militare (in Italian; Rome: Voghera Carlo, 1889), by Alberto P. Guglielmotti (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Arithmetical Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos (without title page; 1590), by Leonard Digges (page images at HathiTrust)
- Boke of the Fayt of Armes and of Chyualrye (Westminster: W. Caxton, 1489), by Christine de Pisan, trans. by William Caxton, contrib. by Honoré Bonet (at page images at loc.gov)
- Polyaenus's Strategems of War, Translated From the Original Greek (London: Printed for G. Nicol, 1793), by Polyaenus, trans. by R. Shepherd (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Military Institutions of the Romans (Harrisburg: Military Service Pub. Co., 1944), by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, ed. by Thomas R. Philips, trans. by John Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Tactics of Aelian, Comprising the Military System of the Grecians (London: Printed by Cox and Baylis for E. Kerby, 1814), by Tacticus Aelianus, ed. by Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee Dillon, contrib. by Polybius (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Art of War, by Niccolò Machiavelli, trans. by Henry Neville (HTML at libertyfund.org)
- The Works of Nicholas Machiavel (2 volumes; London: Printed for T. Davies et al., 1762), by Niccolò Machiavelli, trans. by Ellis Farneworth, contrib. by King of Prussia Frederick II
- The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence: Translated From the Originals, Illustrated with Notes, Annotations, Dissertations, and Several New Plans on the Art of War (second edition, corrected, in 4 volumes; London: Printed by T. Davies et al., 1775), by Niccolò Machiavelli, trans. by Ellis Farneworth, contrib. by King of Prussia Frederick II
- The Art of War (in English and Chinese), by Sunzi, trans. by Lionel Giles (HTML at yellowbridge.com)
- The Art of War (with commentary and links to alternate versions), by Sunzi, ed. by Lionel Giles (Gutenberg text and audio files)
- The Book of War: The Military Classic of the Far East (London: J. Murray, 1908), by Sunzi and Wu Qi, trans. by Everard Ferguson Calthrop
- Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, Part I (only part known extant of this early edition; with some inserted material; Philadelphia: Printed by Styner and Cist, 1779), by Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben (page images at LOC)
- Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War, the Oldest Military Treatise in the World (London: Luzac and Co., 1910), by Sunzi, ed. by Lionel Giles
- Sun Tzu on the Art of War, the Oldest Military Treatise in the World (London: Luzac and Co., 1910), by Sunzi, ed. by Lionel Giles
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