This authoritative, well-organized, clearly written volume will prove invaluable for a variety of readers, including high school students, military historians, members of the armed forces, history buffs, and hobbyists, and will be a useful resource for both university and public library reference collections.

Table of Contents

• LIST OF MAPS
• PREFACE
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
• SECTION ONE: ENTRIES
• PART 1: THE ANCIENT WORLD
• Warfare in the Ancient World
• Assyrian Empire
• Canaan, Israelite Invasion of
• Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) Empire, Expansion of
• Cyrus the Great
• Egypt, Hyksos Invasion of
• Hittites, Expansion of
• India, Aryan Invasion of
• Kush, Expansion of
• Palestine, Egyptian Invasions of
• Persian Empire, expansion of
• Sargon the Great
• (Z) Chou Dynasty, Expansion of
• PART 2: THE CLASSICAL WORLD
• Warfare In The Classical Era
• Alexander the Great
• Augustus, Caesar
• Britain, Roman Conquest of
• Caesar, Julius
• Carthage, Expansion of
• Carthage, Roman Invasion of (Third Punic War)
• Ch'in Dynasty
• Constantine, Emperor
• Egypt, Alexander's Conquest of
• Gaul, Roman Conquest of
• Germany, Roman Invasion of
• Greece, Persian Invasion of
• Greece, Roman Conquest Of
• Han Dynasty
• Hannibal
• India, Alexander's Invasion of
• Italy, Carthaginian Invasion of (Second Punic War)
• Italy, Roman conquest of
• Mauryan Empire
• Persia, Alexander's Conquest of
• Philip of Macedon
• Ptolemaic Dynasty
• Seleucid Empire
• Sicily, Roman Conquest of (First Punic War)
• Spain, Roman Conquest of
• PART 3: THE DARK AND MIDDLE AGES
• Warfare in the Dark and Middle Ages
• Avars
• Axum, Expansion of
• Britain, Norman Invasion of
• Bulgars
• Byzantine Empire
• Carolingian Dynasty
• China, Khitan Invasion of
• China, Mongol Conquest of
• Crusades
• England, Viking Conquest of
• Europe, Mongol Invasion of
• France, Muslim invasion of
• France, Viking Invasion of
• Franks
• Genghis Khan
• Ghana, Almoravid Invasion of
• The Ghaznavids
• Gupta Empire
• Hundred Years’ War
• Huns
• India, Kushan Invasion of
• India, Muslim Invasion of
• Ireland, English Invasion of
• Ireland, Viking Invasions of
• Italy and Sicily, Norman Conquest of
• Japan, Mongol Invasions of
• Justinian
• Khmer Kingdom
• Korea, Mongol Invasion of
• Kubilai Khan
• Lombards
• Magyars
• Mali, Expansion of
• Mexico, Aztec Conquest of
• Middle East, Mongol Invasion of the
• Middle East, Muslim Conquest of the
• Ming Dynasty
• North Africa, Muslim conquest of
• Ostrogoths
• Russia, Establishment and Expansion of
• Russia, Mongol Conquest of
• Scotland, English Conquest of
• Scythians
• The Seljuks
• Songhay, Expansion of
• Spain, Muslim Conquest of
• Tamurlane
• T'ang dynasty
• Turks
• Vandals
• Vietnam, Chinese Conquest of
• Visigoths
• PART 4: THE RENAISSANCE AND THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
• Warfare in the Renaissance and Age of Exploration
• Africa, Dutch Occupation in
• Africa, Portuguese Occupation in
• Australia, British Occupation of
• Austria, Turkish Invasion of
• Bohemia, German invasions of
• Brazil, Portuguese Colonization of
• Caribbean, European Occupation of
• Ceylon, Dutch Occupation of
• Ceylon, Portuguese Occupation of
• Ching (Manchu) Dynasty
• Cortés, Hernan
• Cyprus, Ottoman Invasion of
• East Indies, Dutch Occupation of the
• England, Spanish Invasion of (Spanish Armada)
• India, British Occupation of
• India, French Occupation of
• Italy, Austrian Invasion of (War of the Spanish Succession)
• Italy, French Invasions of
• Moghul Empire
• Netherlands, French Invasions of the
• North America, British Occupation of
• North America, French Occupation of
• Ottoman Empire
• Palatinate, French Invasion of the (War of the League of Augsburg)
• Portugal, Spanish Occupation of
• Russia, Swedish Invasion of (Great Northern War)
• Saxony, Prussian Invasion of (Seven Years’ War)
• Silesia, Prussian Invasion of (War of the Austrian Succession)
• Thirty Years’ War
• Uzbeks
• Western Hemisphere, Spanish Occupation of
• Zulus, Expansion of
• PART 5: THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS AND NAPOLEON
• Warfare In the Age of Revolutions and Napoleon
• Austria, Napoleon's Conquest of
• Canada, American Invasion of
• Canada, U.S. Invasion of
• Egypt, Napoleon's Invasion of
• France, European Invasion of
• Italy, Napoleon's Invasion of
• Napoleon Buonaparte
• New York, British Invasion of (1776)
• New York, British Invasion of (1777)
• Prussia, Napoleon's Invasion of
• Russia, Napoleon's Invasion of
• Southern United States, British Invasion of
• United States, British Invasion of
• PART 6: THE AGE OF EMPIRES
• Warfare in the Age of Empires
• Afghanistan, British Invasions of
• Africa, French Occupations in
• Africa, German Occupations In
• Algeria, French Occupation of
• Ashanti, British Conquest of
• Ceylon, British Occupation of
• China, British Invasion of (Opium War)
• Congo, Belgian Occupation of
• Cuba, U.S. Invasion of
• Egypt, British Occupation of
• France, Prussian Invasion of (Franco-Prussian War)
• Indians of North America, U.S. Conquest of
• Indochina, French Occupation of
• Kenya, British Colonization of
• Korea, Japanese Invasion of (Sino-Japanese War)
• Mexico, French Occupation of
• Mexico, U.S. Invasion of
• New Zealand, British Occupation of
• Paraguayan War
• Philippines, U.S. Occupation of the
• Puerto Rico, U.S. Invasion of
• Singapore, British Occupation of
• Somalia, European Colonization of
• South Africa, British Occupation of
• Uganda, British Occupation of
• War of the Pacific
• Zululand, British Invasion of
• PART 7: THE 20TH-21ST CENTURIES
• Warfare in the 20th-21st Centuries
• Afghanistan, Soviet Invasion of
• Afghanistan, U.N. Invasion of
• Albania, Italian Conquest of
• Austria, Nazi Occupation of
• Balkans, Nazi Invasion of
• Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbian Invasion of
• Britain, Nazi Invasion of (Battle of Britain)
• Burma, Japanese Invasion of
• Chechnya, Russian invasions of
• China, Japanese Invasion of
• Cyprus, Turkish Invasion of
• Czechoslovakia, Nazi Occupation of
• Czechoslovakia, Warsaw Pact invasion of (1968)
• Dutch East Indies, Japanese Invasion of
• East Africa, British Invasion of
• Egypt, Italian Invasion of
• Eisenhower, Dwight David
• Ethiopia, Italian Invasion of
• Falkland Islands, Argentine invasion of
• Finland, Soviet Invasion of
• France, Allied Invasion of
• France, German Invasion of
• France, Nazi Invasion of
• Germany, Soviet Invasion of
• Grenada, U.S. Invasion of
• Hitler, Adolf
• Hungary, Soviet invasion of (1956)
• Immigration Or Invasion?
• Iran, Iraqi invasion of
• Iraq, US/Coalition Invasion of
• Israel, Arab Invasion of (Yom Kippur War)
• Italy, Allied Invasion of
• Kuwait, Iraqi Invasion of
• Latin America, U.S. Interventions in
• Libya, Italian Occupation of
• MacArthur, Douglas
• Manchuria, Japanese Invasion of (1904) (Russo-Japanese War)
• Manchuria, Japanese Invasion of (1931)
• Mesopotamia, British Invasion of
• Midway, Japanese Invasion of
• Mussolini, Benito
• New Guinea, Japanese Invasion of
• North Africa, U.S. Invasion of
• Norway and Denmark, Nazi Invasion of
• Pacific Islands, U.S. Conquest of
• Panama, U.S. Invasion of
• Philippines, Japanese Invasion of the
• Philippines, U.S. Invasion of the
• Poland, Nazi Conquest of
• Rhineland, Nazi Occupation of the
• Russia, German Invasion of
• Sicily, Allied Invasion of
• Sinai, Israeli Invasion of (1956) (Suez Crisis)
• Sinai, Israeli Invasion of (1967) (Six-Day War)
• Singapore and Malaya, Japanese Conquest of
• South Korea, North Korean Invasion of (Korean War)
• Soviet Union, Nazi Invasion of the
• Turkey, British Invasion of
• Ukraine, Russian invasion of/ Russian Annexation of Crimea
• SECTION TWO: READINGS
• Introduction
• Text of the Armant Stela 1456 B.C
• The Peace of Nicias, 421
• Truce of God - Bishopric of Terouanne, 1063
• Decree of the Emperor Henry IV Concerning a Truce of God 1085
• Fulcher of Chartres, 1095
• Peace of the Land Established by Frederick Barbarossa, 1152-1157
• Constitution of the United Stated of America, 1787
• Red Cross Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, August 22, 1864
• Final Act of the International Peace Conference, 1899
• Final Act of the Second International Peace Conference, 1907
• Laws of War: Hague Convention, 1907
• General Pact for the Renunciation of War-Signed at Paris, 1928
• Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928
• Directive No. 1 for the Conduct of the War Berlin, 31 August 1939
• Proclamation by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of the Reich, to the German Army, 1939
• Three-Power Pact among Germany, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Berlin, 1940
• Text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech to Congress and the Nation Following the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941
• Patton's speech to the Third Army, June 5th, 1944: The Allied invasion of Normandy, France, (D-Day) took place the next day
• Selections from the Charter of the United Nations, 1945
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
• The North Atlantic Treaty, 1949
• Excerpts from The Dayton Peace Accords: General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995
• Not-so-Sacred Borders, 1999
• Frontline: Give War a Chance The Uses of Military Force, 1999
• September 11, 2001: Attack on America Joint Resolution Introduced in the House September 13, 2001
• Supreme Court Cases Reviewing the War and Treaty Powers of the U.S. Constitution, 1863-2004
• Just-war Theory
• SECTION THREE: HISTORICAL TIME LINE OF ENTRIES
• SECTION FOUR: BIBLIOGRAPHY