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Soldiers and warriors: an illustrated history/ Jack Coggins ; illustrated by the author.

By: Coggins, JackMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2006Description: xii, 372 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 0486452573; 9780486452579Subject(s): Soldiers | Armies | Military historyDDC classification: 355.3309

Contents:

The ancient world. The Egyptians ; The Assyrians ; The Scyths ; The Medes and Persians -- The Greeks. Sparta ; Athens ; The March of the Ten Thousand ; Thebes ; Macedonia ; Siege warfare -- The Romans. The Punic Wars ; The Marian legions ; The legions of Caesar ; The slow death of empire -- The Vikings -- Byzantium -- The Normans -- Crescent and cross -- The Mongols. Genghis Khan ; Subotai ; Kublai Khan -- The bowmen of England -- The Swiss pikemen -- The Spaniards -- The Swedes. The Lion of the North ; The Boy-King -- Cromwell -- The Prussians of Frederick the Great. The world in arms -- The Napoleonic Wars. The armies of the Republic ; The Empire ; The British redcoat ; Waterloo -- The Germans. World War I ; The Wehrmacht -- The Russians. Peter the Great ; The Napoleonic Wars ; The frontiers ; World War I ; The Red Army ; The German invasion ; Today's soldier ; The Cossacks -- The French. The Second Empire ; World War I ; The Maginot Line ; The post-war army ; The French Foreign Lagion -- The British. Empire builders ; The Crimean War ; The Sepoy Mutiny ; The Boer Wars ; World War I ; The Empire at bay ; The Royal Navy ; Today's forces -- The Japanese ; The Samurai code ; The end of isolation ; The rise to power ; The grand design ; The struggle for the Pacific ; The new army -- The Chinese. The People's Liberation Army -- Native troops. The Gurkhas ; The Sikhs ; The Pathans ; The Dervishes ; The Ethiopians ; The Zulus -- The United States. The Regular Army ; The War of 1812 ; "A pretty rough bunch" ; The Civil War ; The Indian fighting army ; The Spanish-American War ; The American Expeditionary Force ; The post-war army ; The global war ; The Marines ; Korea ; Air power and the atom bomb ; The new look.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	355.3309 COG/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P22365

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Originally publlished: Garden City, NY under title: The fighting man. 1966.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ancient world. The Egyptians ; The Assyrians ; The Scyths ; The Medes and Persians --
The Greeks. Sparta ; Athens ; The March of the Ten Thousand ; Thebes ; Macedonia ; Siege warfare --
The Romans. The Punic Wars ; The Marian legions ; The legions of Caesar ; The slow death of empire --
The Vikings --
Byzantium --
The Normans --
Crescent and cross --
The Mongols. Genghis Khan ; Subotai ; Kublai Khan --
The bowmen of England --
The Swiss pikemen --
The Spaniards --
The Swedes. The Lion of the North ; The Boy-King --
Cromwell --
The Prussians of Frederick the Great. The world in arms --
The Napoleonic Wars. The armies of the Republic ; The Empire ; The British redcoat ; Waterloo --
The Germans. World War I ; The Wehrmacht --
The Russians. Peter the Great ; The Napoleonic Wars ; The frontiers ; World War I ; The Red Army ; The German invasion ; Today's soldier ; The Cossacks --
The French. The Second Empire ; World War I ; The Maginot Line ; The post-war army ; The French Foreign Lagion --
The British. Empire builders ; The Crimean War ; The Sepoy Mutiny ; The Boer Wars ; World War I ; The Empire at bay ; The Royal Navy ; Today's forces --
The Japanese ; The Samurai code ; The end of isolation ; The rise to power ; The grand design ; The struggle for the Pacific ; The new army --
The Chinese. The People's Liberation Army --
Native troops. The Gurkhas ; The Sikhs ; The Pathans ; The Dervishes ; The Ethiopians ; The Zulus --
The United States. The Regular Army ; The War of 1812 ; "A pretty rough bunch" ; The Civil War ; The Indian fighting army ; The Spanish-American War ; The American Expeditionary Force ; The post-war army ; The global war ; The Marines ; Korea ; Air power and the atom bomb ; The new look.

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