With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World

With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World

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Book Description
Most studies of ancient warfare focus only on the Greeks and the Romans, but this sweeping study covers the whole of the ancient world from Greece and Rome to the Near East, then eastward to Parthia, India, and China. Bradford transports the reader into the midst of ancient battles behind such great leaders as Thutmose III, Ashurbanipal, Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the First Emperor of China. He details the rise and fall of empires, the role of leadership, and the development of tactics and strategy. One sees the clash of peoples: nomads against agricultural societies, infantry against cavalry, as well as the greatest technological change in history--the combination of the composite bow and the chariot.

About the Author
ALFRED S. BRADFORD is the John Saxon Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oklahoma. He served with the 1/27th Infantry in Vietnam. He has been a research assistant and a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World,Alfred S. Bradford,Praeger Publishers,0275952592,Ancient - General,History,History - Military / War,History: World,Military - General,Military History - Ancient,Military art and science,Military history, Ancient,To 500,History / Military / General

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