263 pages :illustrations ;20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins --How combat works --The evolution of battle, 3500-1500 BCE --Classical war, 1500 BCE-1400 CE --Absolute monarchs and limited war, 1400-1790 --Mass warfare, 1790-1900 --Total war --A short history of nuclear war, 1945-1990 --Trifurcation : nuclear, conventional, terrorist --The end of war.
"A history of war from its earliest origins up to the present age of atom bombs and algorithms"--Provided by publisher.
Canadian
1.Military art and science--History.2.War--History.Dynamic Details