TheArtofWarintheWesternWorld

THE ART OF WAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD ARCHER JONES Il ustrations by Jerry A. Vanderlinde HARRAP London Scanned : Mr Blue Sky Proofed: It’s Not Raining Version 4.2 1 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Ancient Warfare • Ancient Warfare TACTICS • Hand-to-Hand Combat on Foot • Combat on Foot with Missiles • Mounted Combat • Fortification and Siegecraft • Greek Heavy Infantry against Persian Light Infantry and Cavalry • Greek Light Infantry in Combat with Greek Heavy Infantry • Alexander’s Conquests with a Complete Combined-Aims Army • The Roman Art of War • The Romans in Confrontation with the Alexandrian System of Pyrrhus and Hannibal • The Roman Victories with the Alexandrian System • The Roman Legion Perfected • The Romans against the Mounted Parthians • Summary of the Capabilities of the Four Weapon Systems LOGISTICS • The Provision of Soldiers and Supplies • Logistics Illustrated by Alexander’s Persian Campaign STRATEGY • Persisting and Raiding Strategies Distinguished • Alexander’s Campaign: An Exemplification of Combat, Logistic, and Persisting Strategies • Alexander’s Encounter with a Raiding Strategy • Military Vic......