The History of the French Bayonet

The first edition of Steve Jackson's The History of the French Bayonet is an introductory work on the fascinating world of the musket and rifle mounted military knives that were used by the French military from 1650 to the present day. Focusing on why these specialized tools were created, and how they changed from simple daggers that were pushed into the end of a barrel to sophisticated and controversial tools of combat, this book is richly illustrated to allow the people new to the subject to see for themselves some of these tools.