| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
360 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Warfare in the ancient world -- Between history and legend -- The might of Mesopotamia -- Greek triumphs -- Greek-Persian wars -- Greek versus Greek -- The conquests of Alexander -- After Alexander -- The conquests of the legions -- Early Rome -- The Punic wars -- Imperial Rome -- The shift to the East -- Asian empires -- Chinese warfare -- Indian warfare -- Warfare in the Middle Ages -- Invaders and feudal Lords -- Byzantium survives -- Frankish power -- Vikings and Northmen -- Warriors of Islam -- Arab advance -- Islamic impact -- The Crusades -- The First and Second Crusades -- Decline of the Crusades -- The Spanish Reconquista -- Mongol power -- Conquests in Asia and Europe -- Conquests of Timur -- East Asian warfare -- Kublai and the Ming -- Southeast Asia -- Samurai warfare -- Knights, castles, and bowmen -- Popes and emperors -- Heresy and revolt -- The Hundred Years War -- Triumph of the infantry -- Northern wars -- Rise of the Ottomans -- Early modern warfare -- Islamic empires -- Ottoman glory and decline -- Mogul India -- African empires -- Power and religion -- France's Italian wars -- Wars on religion -- The Thirty Years War -- The English Civil War -- Dynastic wars -- The great Northern wars -- Warfare in the Americas -- Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas -- Conflicts in North America -- Japan, Korea, and China -- Pacifying Japan -- Korea resists Japan -- Manchu Conquest -- Empires and revolutions -- The Seven Years War -- The French and Indian War -- War in Europe and India -- The Revolutionary War -- France : revolution to empire -- French Revolutionary wars -- Napoleon takes over -- French supremacy -- The Peninsular War -- Napoleon vanquished -- Napoleon's final defeat -- Wars in the Americas -- America fights Britain -- Fighting American Indians -- War in South America -- Mexico at war -- The Civil War -- Imperial conflicts -- British India -- The conquest of Africa -- Zulu wars -- The Second Boer War -- Wars of Imperial expansion -- China, Japan, and Europe -- China in turmoil -- The rise of Japanese power -- Nationalism and modernization -- Italian unification -- Rise of the German empire -- The Crimean War and Russia in Asia -- Ottoman decline and the Balkans -- Era of world wars -- World War I -- 1914 -- The Western Front 1915 -- 1916-1917 -- Ottomans in World War I -- The Eastern Front -- 1918 -- Between the wars -- Russia and China at War -- Spanish Civil War -- Hitler's war -- Blitzkrieg -- War in the Mediterranean -- War at sea -- Invasion of the Soviet Union -- Bomber offensive -- Germany defeated in the West -- Germany defeated in the East -- The Pacific War -- Japan's high tide -- Fight back -- Conflicts since 1945 -- The Chinese Civil War -- The Korean War -- Post-Colonial wars -- The Vietnam War -- Israel's wars -- Guerrillas and terrorists -- Wars since 1980. |
| Subject |
Military history.
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Battles.
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War.
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| ISBN |
0756613604 plcj |
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9780756613600 plcj |
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