This reissue of Howard's classic text includes a short new afterword by the author.
"Wars have often determined the character of society. Society in exchange has
determined the character of wars. This is the theme of Michael Howard's stimulating book.
It is written with all his usual skill and in its small compass is perhaps the most
original book he has written. Though he surveys a thousand years of history, he does so
without sinking in a slough of facts and draws a broad outline of developments which will
delight the general reader."—A.J.P. Taylor, Observer
Sir Michael Howard is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the
University of Oxford. He has held the Chair of War Studies at King's College, London, the
Chichele Chair of War and the Regius Chair of Modern History at Oxford, and the Robert A.
Lovatt Chair of Military and Naval History at Yale.
Table of Contents
Preface to the 2008 Edition
1 The Wars of the Knights
2 The Wars of the Mercenaries
3 The Wars of the Merchants
4 The Wars of the Professionals
5 The Wars of the Nations
6 The Wars of the Technologists
Epilogue: The End of the European Era
Notes
Notes on Further Reading
Index
192 pages, Paperback