Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare (Paperback, 1)

Introduction:?The Evolution of Warfare: Global Perspectives??Part I: Origins of Warfare??1.?The Evolution of Bronze Age Warfare, and its Historical Significance?in Western Eurasia and the Near East??2.?War, Captive-Taking, and Warriors in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica? 3.?Indigenous Warfare in Australia and New Zealand??Part II: Polities and Armed Forces in the Pre-modern Era??4.?Assyrian Warfare, 1550-609 BCE? 5.?The?Polis?and the Emergence of?Hoplite?Warfare??6.?Transition from Roman to Merovingian Warfare: The Long Fifth Century? 7.?New Approaches to Late Imperial Chinese Warfare? 8.?Warfare in Precolonial Africa??Part III: Steppe Nomads of Eurasia??9.?The European Huns??10.?Arab-Byzantine Warfare: 660 CE-1040 CE? 11.?Crusading Armies and the Turks in the Middle East? 12.?The Limits of Mongol Military Power? 13.?The Cycle of Empire in Central Asia: The Frontier and Beyond??Part IV: Naval Warfare and Piracy in the Pre-Industrial World??14.?The Egyptian Origins of Amphibious Warfare: Out of Africa??15.?China’s Pirate Wars, 1522-1810??16.?Rise of British Naval Power in the Indian Ocean??Part V: The Impact of Gunpowder??17.?Economy and Gunpowder Weapons in Western and Central Europe? 18. Gunpowder and the Rise of Muscovy: Circa 1200--circa 1800? 19.?Smallpox and War in America??20.?Gunpowder and the North American Indian Way of War? 21.?Firearms and Maritime Gunpowder States of Asia??Part VI: Transition from Industrial to Total War??22.?Napoleon and Mass Warfare? 23.?The American Civil War and the Beginning of Total War?? 24.?The British Army, 1870-1918: From Small War to Trench War? 25.?Theory and Practice of Armoured War during the Two World Wars??26.?Race and Conflict in the Asia-Pacific Region: 1941-1945? 27.?Modern Naval Warfare: 1815-2000? 28.?Strategic Air Power in the Two World Wars??Part VII: Wars of Decolonisation and Cold War??29.?Warfare in the Middle East since 1945? 30.?Wars of Decolonisation in South Asia: The Indian Army, 1945-47? 31.?The Falklands Conflict: The Last British Imperial War???Part VIII: Postmodern/New Wars??32.?The Global War on Terror: The American Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq? 33.?Private Military Contractors and Conflicts in the New Millennium? 34.?The Arms Race in Contemporary East Asia??35.?Employment of Air Power in Fourth Generation Warfare: An Indian Perspective