Table of contents : Cover Contents Illustrations Foreword Preface 1. War in the Ancient W orId 2. The WorId' s First Armies, Sumer and Akkad 3. The Armies of the Pharaohs 4. The Hittites and Iron Weapons 5. The Mitanni and the War Chariot 6. The Armies of the Bible 7. The Iron Army of Assyria 8. Chinese Armies: The Shang and Zhou Periods 9. Persia and the Art of Logistics 10. The Greek Way of War: Classical and Imperial Periods 11. Carthaginian Armies 12. Armies of Ancient India: Vedic and Imperial Periods 13. Rome: The Armies of the Caesars 14. Barbarian Armies: Iberians, Gauls, Germans, and Goths 15. The Army of Byzantium 16. The Vikings: Raiders from the Open Sea 17. The Arab Armies 18. The Japanese Way of War 19. The Mongols 20. The Ottomans 21. The Evolution of Modem War Selected Bibliography Index