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This book has been long needed: a concise, complete and dispassionatesurvey of the Vietnam War.... Best of all, the no-nonsense approach answersquestions as soon as they arise in the reader's mind." --Kliatt"If there is such a thing as an objective account (of theVietnam War), this is it.... If you want to read one book about Vietnam, read thisone." -- New York Review of BooksA short, narrative history ofthe origins, course, and outcome of Ame...

This important work... synthesizes the evolution of warfare from1775 to the present." -- Military Review A thorough revisionof a highly successful text, this new edition provides a comprehensive picture ofthe evolution of modern warfare. From reviews of the firstedition: "There is nothing else in print that tells so muchso concisely about how war has been conducted since the days of Gen. GeorgeWashington." -- Russell F. Weigley "A superiorsyn...

..". a concise, highly readable survey of pre- 19th-centurywarfare." -- Choice"A remarkable tour de force coveringa vast span of time, different cultures, warfare by land and sea." -- GuntherRothenbergA history of war and warfare from ancient to earlymodern times, Larry Addington's new book completes his survey of the patterns of warin the Western world. It explains not only what happened in warfare but why war in acertain time and culture too...