Pt. 1. The age of muscle: Pike, bow, sword, shield, and chariot 2000-500 B.C. ; Phalanx and sarissa 500-200 B.C. ; Gladius, pilum, and legion 400 B.C.-A.D. 300 ; Ancient fortifications and siegecraft 1000 B.C.-A.D. 300 ; Stirrup and lance : the rise of cavalry A.D. 300-500 ; Squalid butchery A.D. 500-1000 ; The Islamic explosion A.D. 630-1000 ; Byzantine guile and skill A.D. 630-1000 ; The Crusades : interation of East and West 1100-1300 ; Whirlwind from Mongolia 1200-1300 ; The revival of infantry : English longbow and Swiss pike 1200-1500 -- pt. 2. The age of gunpowder: Bombard, hackbut, petard, and howitzer 1400-1600 ; New fortifications and siegcraft 1400-1700 ; Spanish square and Spanish galleon 1500-1600 ; Ship of the line : gunpowder rules the sea 1550-1800 ; The age of Gustavus Adolphus : the marriage of infantry and artillery 1600-1700 ; Frederick and the perfection of gunpowder tactics 1700-1780 ; Napoleon and the revolution in warfare 1795-1815 -- pt. 3. The age of technical change: Technology and the Industrial Revolution 1800-1900 ; The great transition : from sail to steam, wood to iron, broadside to turret 1800-1865 ; Rifle, conoidal bullet, and dispersion 1800-1875 ; Battleship to dreadnaught to carrier 1865-1945 ; Trenches, barbed wire, machine guns, and high explosives 1870-1918 ; Buildup to Blizkrieg 1919-1945 ; Air power 1935-present ; Landing team to joint task force 1940-present ; Nuclear weapons, guided missiles, and deterrence 1945 ; Warfare under the nuclear umbrella : Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East 1950-1973 ; Lethality through the ages ; Lethality, casualities, and tactics ; Men and ideas ; Military history and theory : the laboratory of the soldier ; The next war and the timeless verities of combat.
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