The Military History Book

"Tracing the epic 5, 000-year story of warfare from the earliest battles to the War on Terror, The Military History Book explores and explains the causes and consequences of each, offering a new angle on military history s analyze the key social and political driving forces, the arms and armaments, and the technologies and tactics of war from 5, 000 years ago to the present day--from the tactics of early infantry and siegecraft to the rise of naval combat steel, steam, and shellfire to trench warfare and aerial dogfights to chemical weapons and cyber warfare."--Provided by publisher.