CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS AN ARMY Composition of Armies Conscription Command structures United States Military Academy 13 14 16 23 24 27 CHAPTER 2 ANCIENT ARMIES Ancient Egypt Assyria Ancient Greece Philip II Carthage and Ancient Rome The Byzantine Empire 28 30 33 39 42 42 43 CHAPTER 3 ARMIES IN THE MIDDLE AGES Muslim Forces The Mongols Genghis Khan Feudal Armies Changing Weaponry and Formations The Rise of Mercenary Forces 45 47 49 52 55 56 CHAPTER 4 ARMIES FROM C 1600 TO 1945 The Development of Standing Armies Sweden Prussia The French Revolution Napoleon 59 62 63
65 67 70 The 19th Century The American Civil War World Wars World War I Trench Warfare Interwar Period World War II 70 72 74 75 79 CHAPTER 5 ARMED CONFLICT SINCE 1945 Korean War Vietnam War 79 81 Guerrilla warfare 82 Persian Gulf War Afghanistan War Iraq War 84 85 87 90 90 92 94 CHAPTER 6 NOTABLE ARMIES OF THE MODERN AGE China Cyberwar Egypt Iran Israel North Korea The Soviet Union and Russia 95 97 99 100 103 104 111 CHAPTER 7 THE UNITED STATES ARMY Organization Arms and Divisions The Division Special Forces Delta Force U S Central Command 113 114 116 117 118 118 CHAPTER 8 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY The American Army in the 19th Century The American Army During the World Wars The Korean and Vietnam Wars 120 122
125 125 The Persian Gulf War Don't Ask Don't Tell The Afghanistan War The Iraq War Women in Combat 127 128 130 132 133 CONCLUSION GLOSSARY FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER READING 136 140 INDEX HER 141
