Military leaders from ancient times to the present have ceaselessly searched for elusive "wonder weapons" that provide their armies with crucial advantages on the filed of battle. In ancient times, strong blades and sturdy armor, swift chariots and precision-crafted bows and arrows could make the difference between glorious victory and bloody defeat. In modern times, the outcome of warfare is often determined in large part by a nation's industrial capacity and the vitality and organization of its scientific community as was the case in WWII in the race to develop faster and more maneuverable planes, more sensitive radar and sonar detection systems, long-range artillery, more durable tanks, complex computer systems capable of decoding secret enemy messages, and ignition systems that could unleash  the energy of the atom.
 The book "The Physics of  War" invites you into the lives of scientists and engineers who unlocked the secrets of nature allowing the development of new wonder weapons. and also onto the battlefields in which these weapons were used. A simple explanation of the physics behind these weapons is given in many cases.