Preface; Introduction: The Western way of war Geoffrey Parker; Part I. The Age of Massed Infantry: 1. Genesis of the infantry, 600-350 BC Victor Davis Hanson; 2. From phalanx to legion, 350-250 BC Victor Davis Hanson; 3. The Roman way of war, 250 BC-AD 300 Victor Davis Hanson; Part II. The Age of Stone Fortifications: 4. On Roman ramparts, 300-1300 Bernard S. Bachrach; 5. New weapons, new tactics, 1300-1500 Christopher Allmand; 6. The gunpowder revolution, 1300-1500 Geoffrey Parker; Part III. The Age of Guns and Sails: 7. Ships of the line, 1500-1650 Geoffrey Parker; 8. The conquest of the Americas, 1500-1650 Patricia Seed; 9. Dynastic war, 1494-1660 Geoffrey Parker; 10. States in conflict, 1661-1763 John A. Lynn; 11. Nations in arms, 1763-1815 John A. Lynn; Part IV. The Age of Mechanized Warfare: 12. The industrialization of war, 1815-1871 Williamson A. Murray; 13. Towards world war, 1871-1914 Williamson A. Murray; 14. The West at war, 1914-1918 Williamson A. Murray; 15. The world in conflict, 1919-1941 Williamson A. Murray; 16. The world at war, 1941-1945 Williamson A. Murray; 17. The post-war world, 1945-1991 Williamson A. Murray; 18. The new world disorder, 1991-2019 Peter Mansoor and Geoffrey Parker; Epilogue: The future of Western warfare Geoffrey Parker and Leif A.Torkelsen; Reference guide; Chronology; Glossary; Bibliography; The contributors; Notes; Picture acknowledgements; Index.