Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prelude: 5 June 1944 -- The classical age (to 500 CE) -- The post-classical period (500 to 1450) -- The emergence of gunpowder weapons, 1450 to 1776 -- Nationalism and industrialism -- World War I -- World War II -- The Cold War and beyond -- Conclusions -- Index
Summary
Despite the catastrophic effects of war, wars have also proved to be instrumental to long-term change in world history. This text is the first of its kind to survey how warfare has developed from ancient times to the present day
