Excerpt - page 5: "... prologue for one of the most boldly conceived battles in militaryhistory. When Caesar came upon an army of eighty thousand Gauls ..."
Excerpt - page 5: "... The foundation for one of the great ironies of history is thus foretold: the be- ginning and the end of militaryhistory occur at the same site. and more stable Egyptian ..."
Excerpt - Front Matter: "... to provide adequate coverage in a single volume of the militaryhistory of all major cultures (some of them, like the Chinese ..."
Excerpt - page 10: "... in America since 1956. Thus, the latest chapter in American militaryhistory may be occur- ring in the city streets. [See also ..."
Excerpt - page 14: "... and Ancient Perspectives on a Persistent Myth (1994); Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, trans. David Grene (1987); Adrienne Mayor and Josiah Ober, "Amazons," MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of MilitaryHistory (summer 199fl: 68-77. This bronze statuette (Etruscan, about Soo ..."