The Origins Of Western Warfare: Militarism And Morality In The Ancient World (History & Warfare)

214 Pages·1998·18.23 MB·English

by  Doyne Dawson

The Origins of
Western Wdrfdre
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HISTORY AND WARFARE
Arther Ferritl, Serks Edigor
THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN WARFARE:
Militarism and Morality in the Ancient World Doyne Dawson
THE BAYONETS OFT HE REPUBLIC:
Motivation and Tactics in the Army
af Revalutionary France, 1791-1794 Jolin A, Lynn
THE COMPLETE ART OF WAR:
Sun TzulSun Pin Balph D, Sawyer, tr~nslator
A HANDBOOK OF AMEMCAN MILITARY HISTORY
From the Revolutionary War to the Present Jerry K. Sweeney3e ditor
SOLDIERS QF NAPOLEON" KINGDOM OF ITALX
Army; State, and Society; 1800-1835 Frederick C. Schncid
THE MILITARY REVOLUTION DEBATE:
Readings on the Military fiansformation of Early Modern Europe
Clifford J, Rogers, editor
SUN PIN MILITARY METHODS Ratph I), Sawyer, translator
THE ANATOMY OF A LITTLE WAR:
A Dipl~matica nd Mititary History of the Gundovald Affair (568-586)
Bernard S. Baetrrach
THE GENERACS GENEML: The Life and Times of
Arthur MacArthur Kcnnceh Ray Young
TO DIE GALLANTLX The Battle of the Atlantic
'firnothy J. Kunyan and Jan M. Capes, edztors
THE HALT IN THE MUD: French Strategic Planning
from Waterloo to Sedan Gary i?Co x
THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR FOR MOROCCO:
Gunpowder and the Military Revolution in the
Early Modern Muslim World Weston I" Cook, Jr.
CRETE The Battle and the Resistance Aneony Bccvor
GOOD NIGHT OFFICIALLY The Pacific War Letters
of a Destroyer Sailor WiItiann M. McBride
HIPPEIS: The Cavalry of Ancient Greece Lesiie j. Worley
SUN-TZU ART OF WAR Katyh 11. Sawyer, translator
FEEDING MARS: Logistics in Western Warfare fr~rornt he
Middle Ages to the Present John A, Lpn, editor
THE SEVEN MILITARY CLASSICS OF ANCIENT CHINA
Ralph D, Sawyer, tr~nslator
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Contents
Introduction
PART ONE
IN THE BEGINNING
1 Primitive Warfare
2 Chiefdoms, States, and Empires
PART TWO
GREEK WARFARE
3 The Greek Way of War
4 The Ethics of Grcek 'Wadarc
5 The Greeks and Raisan d7Etdt
6 'Warfare and the Greek Constitution
PART THREE
ROMAN MRFARE
7 The Roman Way of War
8 The Ethics of Rornan Warfare
9 The Romans and Rdi^sond 'Etdr
10 Warfare and the Roman Constitution
viii Contents
PART FOUR
THE CLASSICAL LEGACY
1I Warfare in Medicvai Though%
12 Warfare in Renaissance Thought
13 Conclusion
Bibliography
Abot.tt the Book artd A%thor
Index
The Origins of
Western Wdrfdre