Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. 1 The Origins of Conflict 1
5. 2 War and Early States 8
6. 3 Egypt, Assyria, Persia 15
7. 4 Early Chinese Warfare 22
8. 5 Greece and Macedon 29
9. 6 Indian Warfare 35
10. 7 Rome and Hannibal 41
11. 8 Imperial Rome and Its Fall 48
12. 9 The ‘Dark Ages’ 54
13. 10 Feudal Warfare 60
14. 11 Castles 65
15. 12 The Crusades 71
16. 13 The Mongols and Timur 77
17. 14 Early Japanese Warfare 83
18. 15 Warfare in the New World to 1500 90
19. 16 African Warfare 95
20. 17 Australasian and Oceanic Warfare 101
21. 18 Gunpowder on Land 106
22. 19 The New-style Fortress 113
23. 20 Naval Reach Transforms the World, 1400–1763 120
24. 21 The Place of Battle 126
25. 22 The Ottoman Powerhouse 131
26. 23 Japan and China Clash 137
27. 24 The Age of Fighting Sail, 1588–1827 143
28. 25 China, Russia and the End of the Steppe 148
29. 26 The Collapse of European Control in the New World, 1775–1825 153
30. 27 Napoleonic Warfare 158
31. 28 Wars within the West, 1816–1913 164
32. 29 Nineteenth-century Imperialism 171
33. 30 China from Crisis to Consolidation, 1839–1949 178
34. 31 World War One 183
35. 32 The Interwar Years 190
36. 33 World War Two 196
37. 34 The Cold War 202
38. 35 Wars of Decolonisation 209
39. 36 Conflict Since the Cold War 215
40. 37 War Today 221
41. 38 The Confrontations of Major Powers 227
42. 39 Theorists of Military History 233
43. Conclusions 239
44. Selected Further Reading 244
45. Index 245