Graham Wrightson

Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece (eBook, PDF)

From Homer to Alexander the Great and his Successors

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Produktbeschreibung

Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece examines the timelines of military developments that led from the hoplite-based armies of the ancient Greeks to the hugely successful armies of Philip II, Alexander the Great, and his Successors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351273633
• Artikelnr.: 55628988

Autorenporträt

Graham Wrightson is Assistant Professor of History at South Dakota State University, USA. His research focuses primarily on Macedonian military history with a special focus on military manuals and the sarissa phalanx. He also examines comparative warfare between cultures and eras and their influence on each other. He has published multiple articles and papers on Macedonian warfare, has jointly edited three books, and has produced a textbook for the standard US university first-year survey course Western Civilization 1.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction part 1: The purpose and methodology of the study
Introduction part 2: The theory of combined arms
Section 1: The Hoplite Revolution in Greece
Chapter 1: Homeric warfare and the introduction of the hoplite
Chapter 2: Archaic Greece - the dominance of the heavy infantry phalanx
Chapter 3: Persia vs. Greece - The advantages of the heavy infantryman
Section 2: The implementation of Combined arms in Greek warfare
Chapter 4: The Peloponnesian War - Combined arms innovation on the battlefield
Chapter 5: The Corinthian War and Iphicrates: Light infantry integration
Chapter 6: The Theban hegemony - the inclusion of heavy cavalry
Section 3: Macedon and Integrated Warfare
Chapter 7: Philip II - The sarissa phalanx and heavy cavalry
Chapter 8: Alexander the Great - linking the heavy cavalry and the phalanx
Chapter 9: The Successors - War elephants and integrated warfare
Conclusion - Greece, Persia and Macedon: The success of combined arms and integrated warfare
Bibliography
Index