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Weapons, Warfare & Military Technology, Third Edition

Table of Contents

Ancient and Medieval Weapons and Warfare to c. 1500



Publisher’s Note


The World at War


Contributors


List of Maps and Time Lines


Alphabetized List of Essays


Categorized List of Essays


Weapons and Forces



Clubs, Maces, and Slings


Picks, Axes, and War Hammers


Bows and Arrows


Crossbows


Knives, Swords, and Daggers


Spears and Pole Arms


Chariots


Firearms and Cannon


Ancient Fortifications


Medieval Fortifications


Sieges and Siegecraft: Ancient and Medieval


Armies and Infantry: Ancient and Medieval


Cavalry: Ancient and Medieval


Warships and Naval Warfare


The Ancient World



Violence in the Precivilized World


Egypt and the Middle East



City-States and Empires Through Old Babylon


The Hittites


The Assyrians


The Chaldeans


The Hebrews


The Egyptians


The Persians


Europe and the Mediterranean



Greek Warfare to Alexander


Greek and Hellenistic Warfare from Alexander to Rome


Carthaginian Warfare


Roman Warfare During the Republic


Roman Warfare During the Empire


Celtic Warfare


Berber Warfare


Tribal Warfare in Central and Eastern Europe


Eastern, Central, and Southern Asia



China: Ancient


Nomadic Warriors of the Steppe


India and South Asia: Ancient


The Medieval World



The Roman Legacy



Byzantium


The Franks and the Holy Roman Empire


The Anglo-Saxons


The Lombards


The Magyars


The Vikings


Armies of Christendom and the Age of Chivalry


Crusading Armies of the West


The Middle East and Africa



Armies of Muḥammad and the Caliphate


Armies of the Seljuk Turks


The Ottoman Armies


West African Empires


Ethiopia


Eastern and Southern Asia



China: Medieval


Japan: Medieval


The Mongols


India and South Asia: Medieval


Southeast Asia


The Americas



The Maya and Aztecs


The Incas


North American Indigenous Nations


From Medieval to Modern



Handarms to Firearms


Knights to Cavalry


Galleys to Galleons


Modern Weapons and Warfare Since c. 1500



List of Maps and Time Lines


Alphabetized List of Essays


Categorized List of Essays


Weapons and Forces



Swords, Daggers, and Bayonets


Pole Arms


Gunpowder and Explosives


Small Arms and Machine Guns


Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO)


M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle


Remington Versa Max Shotgun


Ruger LCR and Ultra-Compact Handguns


Artillery


Tanks and Armored Vehicles


Active Denial System


Aircraft, Bombs, and Guidance Systems


Boeing P-8A Poseidon


Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II


X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System


Rockets, Missiles, and Nuclear Weapons


Boeing Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP)


Marine-Launched Tomahawk Missile


Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)


U.S. Navy Laser Weapon System (LaWS)


Chemical and Biological Weapons


Modern Fortifications


Sieges and Siege Techniques


Armies and Infantry: Modern


L-3 Warrior Systems Night Vision


Cavalry: Modern


Naval Development: The Age of Sail


Naval Development: The Age of Propulsion


Juliet Systems Ghost Concept


Western Warfare in the Age of Maneuver



European Wars of Religion


The Era of Gustavus Adolphus


The Era of Frederick the Great


The Era of Napoleon Bonaparte


The Crimean War


The American Civil War


Warfare in the Age of Expansion



Colonial Warfare


The Ottoman Empire


The Mughal Empire


African Warfare


Iran


Japan: Modern


China: The Qing Empire


Imperial Warfare


Warfare in the Industrial Age



The Age of Bismarck


The “Great” War: World War I


The Spanish Civil War


World War II: United States, Britain, and France


World War II: The Soviet Union


World War II: Germany and Italy


World War II: Japan


Warfare in the Political Age



China: Modern Warfare


The Cold War: The United States, NATO, and the Right


The Cold War: The Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact, and the Left


Israeli Warfare


The Cold War: The Nonaligned States


Colonial Wars of Independence


Warfare in Vietnam


Warfare in Afghanistan: The Soviet-Afghan Conflict


Warfare in the Global Age



Advanced Hypersonic Weapons (AHW)


Autonomous Weapons


Chinese Naval Power


Rise of Nonstate Actors


Warfare in Iraq


Warfare in Afghanistan: The United States


The War on Terror


Warfare and the United Nations


Weaponization of Commercial Drones


Global Military Capabilities


Warfare: Culture and Concepts



Alphabetized List of Essays


Categorized List of Essays


Uncontrollable Forces



Geography, Weather, and Warfare


Culture and Warfare



Art and Warfare


Commemoration of War


Film and Warfare


Ideology and War


Literature and Warfare


Music and Warfare


Religion and Warfare


Television and Warfare


Weaponization of Social Media


Society and Warfare



Civilian Labor and Warfare


Counterinsurgency


Education, Textbooks, and War


Paramilitary Organizations


The Press and War


Propaganda


Revolt, Rebellion, and Insurgency


War’s Impact on Economies


Women, Children, and War


Science and Warfare



Anti-Satellite Missiles


Biology, Chemistry, and War


Medicine on the Battlefield


Afghanistan War Medical Innovations


Psychological Effects of War


Stuxnet Virus


Warfare, Morality, and Justice



Collaboration in War


Genocide


Mercenaries


Peace Movements and Conscientious Objection to War


Prisoners and War


War Crimes and Military Justice


Behind the Battlefield



Cryptography


Diplomacy


Financing War


Intelligence and Counterintelligence


International Arms Trade


Military Organization


Decreasing Conventional Armies


Strategy


Tactics


Gray Zone Tactics


Research Tools



War Films


War Literature


Lexicon


Military Theorists


Time Line


Bibliography


Web Sites