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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction by John Keegan
Preface
Chronological Table
I The Greeks and Modern Warfare
1 Ordinary Things, Ordinary People
2 A Western Way of War
3 Not Strategy, Not Tactics
4 The Hoplite and His Phalanx: War in an Agricultural Society
5 Sources of Inquiry
II The Ordeal of the Hoplite
6 The Burden of Hoplite Arms and Armor
7 The Old Men
8 The Dread of Massed Attack
III The Triumph of Will
9 A Soldier’s General
10 Unit Spirit and Morale: The Origins of the Regimental System
11 Drink
IV Battle!
12 The Charge
13 A Collision of Men
14 Tears and Gaps
15 The Push and Collapse
16 Confusion, Misdirection, and Mob Violence
V Aftermath
17 The Killing Field
18 The Wounded
19 Epilogue
Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and Their Works Used in This Book
Select Bibliography
Permissions Acknowledgments
A Note About the Author
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