The Origins of War. From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great. - FERRILL, ARTHER
from the Stone Age to Alexander the Great : with 68 illustrations, maps and battle plans
KORTE INHOUD
When did war begin? Archaeologist and historians have in the past been curiously reluctant to study the early history of organized warfare. Standard military accounts tend to start with the Graeco-Persian wars and to lay undue emphasis on the pre-eminence of Greek heavy infantry. But, as this strikingly original and entertaining book shows, the origins of war can be traced back, not to the Iron Age, or even to the Bronze Age, but to the emergence of settled life itself nearly 10,000 years ago. The military revolution that occurred at that time -the major new weapons, the massive fortifications, the creation of strategy and tactics -ultimately gave rise to the great war of machines of ancient Egypt, Assyria and Persia which dominated the Near East to the time of Alexander the Great. It is Professor Ferrill's thesis that in the period before Alexander there were two independent lines of military development, a Near Eastern one culminating in the expert integration of cavalry, skirmishers and light infantry, and...
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1985Uitgever: Thames and Hudson240 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0500250936ISBN-13: 9780500250938Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's red paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: 68 illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Very fine copy. London, Thames & Hudson 1985 [Auteur: FERRILL, ARTHER] [Jaar: 1985] [Titel: The Origins of War. From the Stone Age to Alexander the Great.]
