War and World History

[01] What is war? [02] The historiography of war [03] The Stone Age war [04] Peace, war, and civilization [05] The chariot revolution [06] The sword revolution [07] Steppes, standing armies, and silver trade [08] Pirates and Hoplites [09] Great empires of West and East [10] War and the rise of religion [11] The Greek way of war [12] An age of war throughout the core [13] New empires and an armed peace [14] Monotheisms and militaries [15] Barbarians and the fall of three empires [16] Conquest links the core [17] The Middle Ages and a common way of war [18] Armored horsemen and global feudalization [19] Crusade, Jihad, and Dharma Yuddha [20] The Mongols conquer a world [21] The business of war in medieval Europe [22] The gunpowder revolution [23] War at the margins [24] A world apart: war in the Americas [25] Renaissance and military revolution [26] Conquest and colonies [27] The gunpowder empires [28] More holy wars [29] The rise of the regiment [30] The wooden world [31] The global war to control trade [32] Warfare and the nation-state [33] War and the making of the Americas [34] War and the unmaking of Africa and Asia [35] The industrialization of war [36] The nationalization of war [37] Race and class at war [38] Imperialism and the triumph of the West [39] The 19th century culture of war [40] A common way of war: the 20th century [41] War and 20th century ideology [42] War and the persistence of nationalism [43] Economies and economics at war [44] Culture and war in the 20th century [45] The weaponization of information [46] Guerrilla war and terrorism [47] The struggle for peace and justice [48] Warfare at the turn of the century