World History of Warfare (Tactics & Strategies)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: October 1, 2002
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb.
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9780803244238
Subjects: Military Science; Technology; Military - General; Military History (General); History - Military / War; Military history; Military; Military art and science; History / Military / General; History
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The origins of warfare; title: Warfare of the ancient empires; title: War and society in the classical West : 450 B.C. to A.D. 450; title: Migrations and invasions : Huns, Goths, Byzantines, Arabs, Vikings, and Magyars, A.D. 300-1000; title: European chivalry and the rise of Islam; title: Eastern styles of warfare : the Mongols, India, China, and Japan; title: The age of gunpowder and sail; title: New signs of total war : the seventeenth century; title: Absolutism and war : the eighteenth century; title: The revolutionary era; title: The beginnings of industrial warfare; title: The West conquers the world : war and society in the age of European imperialism, 1757-1914; title: Twentieth-century militarisms and technological warfare; title: Third World wars : war and society during the Cold War and after; title: Epilogue: The future of war and peace