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Encyclopedia of Historical Warrior Peoples & Modern Fighting Groups, Fourth Edition

Table of Contents

List of Maps




Preface




List of Contributors




SECTION ONE: ENTRIES




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




Cartels




The Catalan Company




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




The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment




Flying Circus




Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group)




Franks




French Foreign Legion




The Gallowglas




Genoese Crossbowmen




Gladiators under Spartacus




Goths




Goumiers




Grande Armée




Green Berets (Special Forces)




Green Mountain Boys




Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9)




Guerrillas




Gurkhas




Hamas




Harlem Hellfighters, U.S. 369th Infantry Regiment




Hessians




Highlanders




Hittites




Hood’s Texas Brigade




Hoplites




Huns




Hussites




Hyksos




Immortals




Irish Brigade




Irish Legion




The Irish Republican Army




Iron Brigade




Islamic State (IS)




Janissaries




Kamikazes




Kiowa Indians




Knights




Knights Hospitallers (Knights of St. John)




Knights Templar




Lafayette Escadrille




Landsknecht




Lincoln Battalion




Lombards




Long Range Desert Group




Longbowmen, English




Maccabees




Macedonians




Magyars




Mahal (Machal)




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




Soviet Women Snipers




The Spanish Legion




Spartans




Special Air Service




Special Boat Service




Spetznaz




Stonewall Brigade




Storm Troops




Submariners




Swedes of Gustavus Adolphus




Swiss Pikemen




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




Wagner Group




White Company




Wild Geese




Zealots




Zouaves




Zulus




SECTION TWO: READINGS




Introduction




Letters Home from Roman Soldiers, 2 CE




On Military Science from Libro XVI of Noctes Atticae by Aulus Gellius, 2nd Century CE




Epitoma Rei Militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, 390 CE




Samurai Creed, 5th Century CE




Thucydides on the History of the Peloponnesian War, 5th Century CE




Truce of God by Bishopric of Terouanne, 1063




Announcement of Articles, circa 1505




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 Death of David Crockett by Derrick Jeter, 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




Treaty of Paris of 1856, March 30, 1856




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




A General Talks to His Men, May 5, 1944




Harry Truman Administration: Tripartite Declaration, May 25, 1950




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




Ranger Creed, 1971




UN Resolution to Prevent International Terrorism, 1985




Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989: Terrorism Definition, 1987




Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, February 23, 1998




The Soldier’s Creed, 2003




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




United States Principles of War, 2017




Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, January 20, 2025




SECTION THREE: MAPS




SECTION FOUR: TIMELINE OF ENTRIES




BIBLIOGRAPHY