Battles & weapons

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Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson, Grace P. Hayes

"This book provides concise definitions of some 2,500 terms related both to modern military affairs and to military history, from ancient times to the present. It covers all aspects of military and naval affairs, including strategy, tactics, weapons, fortifications, organizations, ranks, and administration. This is not a work of lexicography on historical principles; it is not, strictly speaking, an etymological dictionary. This Dictionary of Military Terms strictly emphasizes the military meanings and derivations of words and phrases, including those that enjoy popular usage. Thus, the military sense of both widely used and highly technical terms is accurately conveyed."--Introduction, page vi.

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Bezalel Bar Kochva

"This is a study of the organization and tactics of the Seleucid armies from 312 to 129 BC. In the first part of the book Dr Bar-Kochva discusses the numerical strength of the armies, their sources of man-power, the contingents of the regular army, their equipment and historical development, the chain of command, training and discipline. In the second part he reconstructs the great campaigns (Ipsus, Cyrrhestica, Porphyrion, Molon, Raphia, the Elburz, Panion, Thermopylae, Magnesia, Beith Zacharia and Elasa) in order to examine and illustrate in detail the Seleucid tactics. The book provides a lesson in Hellenistic and military history and discusses a number of questions: How did the Hellenistic armies develop after Alexander? What distinguished the Seleucid army from its Hellenistic contemporaries and assured its superiority? The answers illuminate the expansion of Hellenism as we learn how the Seleucid army was used as a military, social and cultural instrument to impose the rule of the dynasty over the vast regions of the Empire and how it helped to shape Hellenistic society in the East"--Publisher description.

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Milton Meltzer

Highlights some weapons of war explaining how and why they were developed, various responses people have had to them, and the impact they have had upon society.

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Peter Connolly

A guide to twelve centuries of military development. Connolly combines a detailed account of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome with full colour artwork.