Greek Warfare : Myth and Realities (Paperback)

List of Illustrations and Sources Acknowledgements Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction Part I. War and Peace 1. Kinsmen, Friends and Allies: the society of states 2. Justice, Honour and Profit: causes and goals of war 3. Pleonexia: structural causes of war Part II. Citizens and Soldiers 4. Men of Bronze: the myth of the middle-class militia 5. The Other Warriors: light infantry, cavalry, body-servants and mercenaries 6. Politics and the Battlefield: ideology in Greek warfare Part III. Amateur Armies 7. Bodies of Men: training and organisation of the militia 8. The Bare Necessities: mobilisation and maintenance of armies Part IV. Agonal and Total Warfare 9. Ritual, Rules and Strategies: the structure of campaigns 10. Ambush, Battle and Siege: changing forms of combat Part V. The Experience of Combat 11. The Deeds of Heroes: battle in the Iliad 12. The Archaic Phalanx: infantry combat down to the Persian Wars 13. The Classical Phalanx: infantry combat transformed Part VI. Ruling the Waves 14. The Wall of Wood: ships, men and money 15. War at Sea: classical naval campaigns Conclusion. The Development of Greek Warfare: war and the state Appendices 1. Athenian manpower in 480 and 431 BC 2. Changes in Spartan military organisation from 480 to 371 BC 3. The historicity and date of Homeric warfare Notes Bibliography Select Index of Passages General Index