The Timechart of Military History: 3000 B.C. to the Present

by Chandler, David G.

• ISBN13: 9781903025000
• ISBN10: 1903025001
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

From the ancient Egyptians to modern high-tech armies are, this unique illustrated panorama covers 5000 years of warfare, military strategies, generals, soldiers and weaponry. Six fully illustrated sections span the history of weapons, from swords, handheld missiles and chariots to firearms, electronic gadgetry and supersonic aviation; a timechart with gatefold pages spanning the first recorded wars to the two World Wars and other conflicts of the twentieth century; an A-Z compendium of the 2,000 most important battles, dates of engagement and the generals, victors and the vanquished; maps of the great battles with information on the commanders, casualties and consequences; double-page spreads offering snapshot narratives of wars, their generals, and principle battles; a chronology of wars from 3000 B.C. to present; and an up-to-date bibliography and museum list.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(1)
David G. Chandler
Warfare and Weapons
A Brief Historical Survey	8	(15)
Armour and Edged Weapons	10	(2)
Fortification and Siege War	12	(2)
Artillery	14	(2)
Small Arms	16	(2)
Armoured Fighting Vehicles	18	(2)
Warships	20	(2)
Naval Air Power	22	(1)
Timechart
Wars and Battles from 3000 BC to the Present	23	(27)
Great Commanders
continuing from the inner panels of the Timechart	50	(7)
A-Z of Great Battles	57	(94)
A-Z of Great Naval Battles of the Modern Era	89	(1)
Chronology
Wars and Battles of History	90	(22)
Battle Maps
Selected Maps and Statistics	112	(16)
Selected Wars in Close-Up
Greece and Rome at War: Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar	128	(2)
Hundred Years War, 1337--1453	130	(2)
The Wars of Japan	132	(2)
The Napoleonic Wars	134	(2)
Colonial Wars	136	(2)
The American Civil War	138	(2)
The First World War	140	(2)
Second World War	142	(2)
War in the Air	144	(2)
War Today and Tomorrow	146	(2)
Bibliography
A Guide to Further Reading	148	(3)
Military Museums	151	(1)
and Places of Interest	151