Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Series Editor’s Foreword xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xix
7. Prologue: THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATIONS: 1177 BC 1
8. CHAPTER ONE. ACT I. OF ARMS AND THE MAN: THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY BC 14
9. CHAPTER TWO. ACT II. AN (AEGEAN) AFFAIR TO REMEMBER: THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY BC 43
10. CHAPTER THREE. ACT III. FIGHTING FOR GODS AND COUNTRY: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY BC 73
11. CHAPTER FOUR. ACT IV. THE END OF AN ERA: THE TWELFTH CENTURY BC 102
12. CHAPTER FIVE. A “PERFECT STORM” OF CALAMITIES? 139
13. EPILOGUE: THE AFTERMATH 171
14. AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION IN SEARCH OF A SMOKING GUN 177
15. DRAMATIS PERSONAE 181
16. NOTES 185
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 205
18. INDEX 233