Encyclopedia of Warrior Peoples & Fighting Groups

Editors: Davis, Paul K. and Hamilton, Allen Lee
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Grey House Publishing

Price: Core Collection Only This title is available on our Core subscription collections and is not available for individual purchase.
ISBN: 978-1-68217-098-4
Category: History - World history
Image Count: 85
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

From ferocious tribes to charismatic leaders and daring militias, this new edition ofThe Encyclopedia of Warrior Peoples & Fighting Groups explores the origins and leadership of these powerful combat forces, chronicles their conquests and accomplishments, examines the circumstances surrounding their decline or disbanding, and assesses their influence on the groups and methods of warfare that followed.

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LIST OF MAPS
PREFACE
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
SECTION ONE: ENTRIES
A
Afghans
Afrika Korps
Akkadians
Alamo Scouts
Almoravids
Al-Qaeda
Amazons
ANZACs
Apaches
Arab Legion
Army of Northern Virginia
Aryans
Ashanti
ASSASSINS
Assyrians
Aztecs
B
Berserkers
Boers
Boko Haram
Boxers
British East India Company
Buffalo Soldiers
Byzantines
C
Cavaliers and Roundheads
Celts
Charioteers
Cheyenne Dog Soldiers
Chindits
The Comanches
Condor Legion
Condottieri
Conquistadors
Cossacks
Czech Legion
D
Delta Force
Dervishes, or Fuzzy-Wuzzy
E
Egyptians
Etruscans
Ever Victorious Army
F
Flying Circus
Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group)
Franks
French Foreign Legion
G
The Gallowglas
Gladiators under Spartacus
Goths
Goumiers
Grande Armée
Green Berets (Special Forces)
Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9)
Guerrillas
Gurkhas
H
Hamas
Hessians
Highlanders
Hittites
Hood's Texas Brigade
Hoplites
Huns
Hussites
Hyksos
I
Immortals
Irish Brigade
Irish Legion
The Irish Republican Army
Iron Brigade
Islamic State (ISIS)
J
Janissaries
K
Kamikazes
Kiowa Indians
Knights
Knights Hospitallers (Knights of St. John)
Knights Templar
L
Lafayette Escadrille (Escadrille Americaine)
Lincoln Battalion
Lombards
Long Range Desert Group
Longbowmen, English
M
Maccabees
Macedonians
Magyars
Mamluks
Maoris
Marathas
Medes
The Medieval Welsh Warriors and Warfare
Merrill's Marauders
Minutemen
Mongols
Mosby's Rangers
Mujahidin
N
The Nez Percé
Ninja
Normans
P
Paratroopers
Peoples of the Sea
Persians
Philippine Scouts
Plains Indians
Polish Winged Hussars
Prussians
R
Rangers
Red Shirts
Redcoats
Romans
Rough Riders
Royal Air Force (Battle of Britain)
Royal Americans
Royal Marines
S
Sacred Band of Thebes
Samurai
San Patricio Battalion
Scythians
SEALs
Seminoles
Shaolin Priests
Sikhs
The Sioux
Slingers
The Spanish Legion
Spartans
Special Air Service
Special Boat Service
Spetznaz
Stonewall Brigade
Storm Troops
Submariners
Swedes of Gustavus Adolphus
T
Terry's Texas Rangers
Teutonic Knights
Texas Rangers
The Ten Thousand
Tuskegee Airmen
U
The Ulster Volunteer Force/36th Ulster Division (1912-1922)
United States Marines
V
Vandals
Varangian Guard
Viet Minh
Vikings
W
Waffen SS
White Company
Wild Geese
Z
Zealots
Zouaves
Zulus
SECTION TWO: READINGS
Introduction
Letters Home from Roman Soldiers, 2 CE
On Military Science from Libro XVI of Noctes Atticae by Aulus Gellius, 2nd Century CE
Epitoma Rei Militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, 390 CE
Samurai Creed, 5th Century CE
Thucydides on the History of the Peloponnesian War, 5th Century CE
Truce of God by Bishopric of Terouanne, 1063
Plan of Discipline from the Journals of Major Robert Rogers, 1759
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
Military Instructions by Frederick the Great, 1797
On the Deaths of Travis and Crockett at the Alamo by Col. Jose Enrique de la Pena, March 6, 1836
Letter from the Alamo by William Barret Travis, 1836
Excerpts from The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World: Marathon to Waterloo by Sir Edward Creasy, 1851
CHAPTER I. THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
CHAPTER II. DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C.413
CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331
CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207
CHAPTER V. VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9
CHAPTER VI THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451
CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732,
CHAPTER VIII. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066
CHAPTER IX. JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429
CHAPTER X. THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588
CHAPTER XI. THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704
CHAPTER XII. THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709
CHAPTER XIII. VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777
CHAPTER XIV. THE BATTLE OF VALMY
CHAPTER XV. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815
Robert E. Lee's Farewell Address to the Army of Northern Virginia, 1865
Rough Riders Storm San Juan Hill by Eyewitness, 1898
Hague Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, 1907
Ulster's Solemn League and Covenant, 1912
The Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 1916
Glenwhorple Highlander Marching Tune, 1942-1945
Duty, Honor, Country by General Douglas MacArthur, May 12, 1962
Ranger Creed, 1971
U.N. Resolution to Prevent International Terrorism, 1985
The Warrior's Code by Shannon E. French, Ph.D., 2003
The Soldier's Creed, 2003
The De Re Militari of Vegetius: A Classical Text in the Middle Ages by Christopher Allmand, 2004
SECTION THREE: MAPS
SECTION FOUR: TIMELINE OF ENTRIES
BIBLIOGRAPHY