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Encyclopedia of Historical Warrior Peoples and Modern Fighting Groups

Table of Contents

Table Of Contents




List of Maps




Preface




List of Contributors




Afghans




Afrika Korps




Akkadians




Alamo Scouts




Almoravids




Al-Qaeda




Amazons




ANZACs




Apaches




Arab Legion




Army of Northern Virginia




Aryans




Ashanti




ASSASSINS




Assyrians




Aztecs




Berserkers




Boers




Boko Haram




Boxers




British East India Company




Buffalo Soldiers




Byzantines




Cavaliers and Roundheads




Celts




Charioteers




Cheyenne Dog Soldiers




Chindits




The Comanches




Condor Legion




Condottieri




Conquistadors




Cossacks




Czech Legion




Delta Force




Dervishes, or Fuzzy-Wuzzy




Egyptians




Etruscans




Ever Victorious Army




Flying Circus




Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group)




Franks




French Foreign Legion




The Gallowglas




Gladiators under Spartacus




Goths




Goumiers




Grande Armée




Green Berets (Special Forces)




Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9)




Guerrillas




Gurkhas




Hamas




Hessians




Highlanders




Hittites




Hood’s Texas Brigade




Hoplites




Huns




Hussites




Hyksos




Immortals




Irish Brigade




Irish Legion




The Irish Republican Army




Iron Brigade




Islamic State (ISIS)




Janissaries




Kamikazes




Kiowa Indians




Knights




Knights Hospitallers (Knights of St. John)




Knights Templar




Lafayette Escadrille




Lincoln Battalion




Lombards




Long Range Desert Group




Longbowmen, English




Maccabees




Macedonians




Magyars




Mamluks




Maoris




Marathas




Medes




The Medieval Welsh Warriors and Warfare




Merrill’s Marauders




Minutemen




Mongols




Mosby’s Rangers




Mujahidin




The Nez Percé




Ninja




Normans




Paratroopers




Peoples of the Sea




Persians




Philippine Scouts




Plains Indians




Polish Winged Hussars




Prussians




Rangers




Red Shirts




Redcoats




Romans




Rough Riders




Royal Air Force (Battle of Britain)




Royal Americans




Royal Marines




Sacred Band of Thebes




Samurai




San Patricio Battalion




Scythians




SEALs




Seminoles




Shaolin Priests




Sikhs




The Sioux




Slingers




The Spanish Legion




Spartans




Special Air Service




Special Boat Service




Spetznaz




Stonewall Brigade




Storm Troops




Submariners




Swedes of Gustavus Adolphus




Terry’s Texas Rangers




Teutonic Knights




Texas Rangers




The Ten Thousand




Tuskegee Airmen




The Ulster Volunteer Force/36th Ulster Division (1912-1922)




United States Marines




Vandals




Varangian Guard




Viet Minh




Vikings




Waffen SS




White Company




Wild Geese




Zealots




Zouaves




Zulus




SECTION TWO: READINGS




Introduction




Letters Home from Roman Soldiers




On Military Science from Libro XVI of Noctes Atticae by Aulus Gellius




Epitoma Rei Militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus




Samurai Creed




Thucydides on the History of the Peloponnesian War




Truce of God by Bishopric of Terouanne, 1063




Plan of Discipline from the Journals of Major Robert Rogers, 1759




Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775




Military Instructions by Frederick the Great, 1797




On the Deaths of Travis and Crockett at the Alamo by Col. Jose Enrique de la Pena, March 6, 1836




Letter from the Alamo by William Barret Travis, 1836




Excerpts from The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World: Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Creasy, 1851




Robert E. Lee’s Farewell Address to the Army of Northern Virginia, 1865




Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill by Eyewitness, 1898




Hague Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, 1907




Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant, 1912




The Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 1916




Glenwhorple Highlander Marching Tune, 1942-1945




Duty, Honor, Country by General Douglas MacArthur, May 12, 1962




Ranger Creed, 1971




U.N. Resolution to Prevent International Terrorism, 1985




The Warrior’s Codei by Shannon E. French, Ph.D., 2003




The Soldier’s Creed, 2003




The De Re Militari of Vegetius: A Classical Text in the Middle Ages by Christopher Allmand, 2004




SECTION THREE: Maps




SECTION FOUR: TIMELINE OF ENTRIES




Bibliography