..". 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 took on distinct and recognizable patterns.