Warfare is a topic on which a seemingly endless number of books are published; this is one which is fully justified. The most obviously outstanding feature of the volume is its scope, with a world-wide range of ancient civilizations covered, from the familiar Greeks and Romans, to Egypt and the Near East, Celts, central Europeans, Olmecs, Aztecs and Incas, and the early armies of China, Japan and Korea. The chapters are each assigned to big names in their respective fields, and the text is impressively detailed for a glossy production of this kind, whilst still pitched at the non-specialist reader. The book is illustrated throughout, mostly in colour and the many maps and battle-plans are of admirable clarity.
- ISBN10 050025138X
- ISBN13 9780500251386
- Publish Date 28 April 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 July 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English