A History of Warfare [1st Vintage books ed] 9780307828576, 0307828573, 9781299047280, 1299047289

In this book, [the author] demolishes the famous dictum that war is the continuation of policy by other means. On Easter

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A History of Warfare [1st Vintage books ed]
9780307828576, 0307828573, 9781299047280, 1299047289

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John

Table of contents :
War in human history --
Interlude : limitations on warmaking --
Stone --
Interlude : fortification --
Flesh --
Interlude : armies --
Iron --
Interlude : logistics and supply --
Fire.

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