Includes index

Phalanxes and legions : 600 BCE-450 CE -- Overview -- Greek hoplite -- Roman legionary -- Enemies of Rome -- Conquest and chivalry : 450-1500 -- Overview -- Viking -- Other warriors of the Viking era -- Medieval knight -- Medieval mounted warriors -- English longbowman -- Medieval foot soldiers -- Mongol horseman -- Samurai -- Pre-Columbian warriors -- Pikemen and musketeers : 1500-1775 -- Overview -- Landsknecht -- Foot soldiers of the Renaissance -- Ottoman soldier -- Mughal warrior -- English musketeer -- 17th-century European soldiers -- 18th-century European armies -- Empires and frontiers : 1775-1914 -- Overview -- American rifleman -- American Revolutionary War forces -- French calvaryman -- Other soldiers of Napoleon's army -- British redcoat -- British sailor -- Union infantryman -- Maori warrior -- Zulu warrior -- Sioux warrior -- Fighters of the Indian wars -- Trenches and dogfights : 1914-1945 -- Overview -- British infantryman -- German stormtrooper -- Other infantrymen of World War I -- Fighters of the Spanish Civil War -- RAF fighter pilot -- Soviet tank crewman -- Other tankmen of World War II -- US bomber crewman -- World War II fighter pilots -- SOE agents -- US paratrooper -- Guerrillas and commandos : 1945-present -- Overview -- Foreign legionnaire -- US Marine -- Viet Cong guerrilla -- Modern guerrilla fighters -- SAS soldier -- Other special forces -- Modern Western infantry

Chronicles the evolution of warriors from around the world from 600 BCE to the present, exploring their tactics, means of transportation and housing, and training and discussing the armor, weapons, and gear they used