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The Great Armies of Antiquity
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Richard A. Gabriel
ISBN: 0-275-97809-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97809-9
456 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2002
List Price: $88.95 (UK Sterling Price: £61.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Gabriel examines 18 ancient army systems, examining the organizational structure and weapons employed and the degree to which cultural values and imperatives shaped the form and application of military force. The tactical doctrines and specific operational capabilities of each army are analyzed to explain how certain technical limitations and societal/cultural imperatives affected the operational capabilities of ancient armies. Cross-cultural and cross-historical connections ground the analysis in the larger historical context of the ancient world.

•Sumer and Akkad
•The Armies of the Pharaohs
•The Hittites
•The Mitanni
•Armies of the Bible
•The Iron Army of Assyria
•Chinese Armies
•Persia and the Art of Logistics
•The Greeks
•Carthaginian Armies
•Armies of India
•Rome
•The Iberians, Celts, Germans, and Goths
•The Army of Byzantium
•The Vikings
•The Arab Armies
•The Japanese Way of War
•The Mongols
•The Ottomans

This book also provides an introductory overview of war in the ancient world, from 2500 B.C.E. to 1453 C.E., as well as an examination of the evolution of modern warfare from 1453 to 2002 C.E.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
    Preface
    War in the Ancient World
    The World's First Armies, Sumer, and Akkad
    The Armies of the Pharaohs
    The Hittites and Iron Weapons
    The Mitanni and the War Chariot
    The Armies of the Bible
    The Iron Army of Assyria
    Chinese Armies: The Shang and Zhou Periods
    Persia and the Art of Logistics
    The Greek Way of War: Classical and Imperial Periods
    Carthaginian Armies
    Armies of India: Vedic and Imperial Periods
    Rome: The Armies of the Caesars
    Barbarian Armies: Iberians, Gauls, Germans, and Goths
    The Army of Byzantium
    The Vikings: Raiders from the Open Sea
    The Arab Armies
    The Japanese Way of War
    The Mongols
    The Ottomans
    The Evolution of Modern War
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: RICHARD A. GABRIEL is a military historian and Adjunct Professor of Humanities and Ethics at Daniel Webster College. His most recent book is Great Captains of Antiquity (Greenwood, 2000).
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