The acclaimed author and preeminent military historian John Keegan examines centuries of human conflict. From primitive man in the bronze age to the end of the cold war in the twentieth century, Keegan shows how armed conflict has been a primary preoccupation throughout the history of civilization and how deeply rooted its practice has become in our cultures.
"Keegan is at once the most readable and the most original of living military historians . . . A History of Warfare is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written."--The New York Times Book Review.
WINNER
| 1993 Duff Cooper Prize
Introduction
1. War in Human History Interlude: Limitations on Warmaking
2. Stone Interlude: Fortification
3. Flesh Interlude: Armies
4. Iron Interlude: Logistics and Supply
5. Fire
Conclusion
"Perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written." --The New York Times Book Review
"A masterpiece...This is one of those rare books which could still be required reading in its field a hundred years from now." --The New Yorker
The acclaimed author and preeminent military historian John Keegan examines centuries of human conflict. From primitive man in the bronze age to the end of the cold war in the twentieth century, Keegan shows how armed conflict has been a primary preoccupation throughout the history of civilization and how deeply rooted its practice has become in our cultures.
"Keegan is at once the most readable and the most original of living military historians . . . A History of Warfare is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written."--The New York Times Book Review.
Awards
WINNER
| 1993 Duff Cooper Prize
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. War in Human History Interlude: Limitations on Warmaking
2. Stone Interlude: Fortification
3. Flesh Interlude: Armies
4. Iron Interlude: Logistics and Supply
5. Fire
Conclusion
Praise
"Perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written." --The New York Times Book Review
"A masterpiece...This is one of those rare books which could still be required reading in its field a hundred years from now." --The New Yorker
