The Fighting Man: An Illustrated History of the World’s Greatest Fighting Forces Through the Ages PDF
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T.F.M. ^9.95 JACK COGBINS A c^ ^rehensive survey of the world'sgreatestarmiesandsoldiers —from ancient • .i,es to Viet Nam. "Thehistoryofthisplanet,"theau- thor says in his Introduction, "has been one of blood, and all our so- calledcivilizationhasproducedonly bloodierandmore devastatingcon- flicts." Throughout the ages, one tribeafteranother, onenationafter another, has taken up the sword, either to defend itself or to extend its poUtical influence. The Fighting Manis afull-scale examination of w^ar as it has been foughtthroughtheagesbyitsmost — fundamentalunit thesoldier. Itis astudiedevaluationofthepractical means by which certain soldiers haveobtainedadvantagesovertheir enemies.Beginningwiththeancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Persians, the author describes in detail the precise nature of the warrior; his basic weapons; the quality of his leaders; andtheexacthistoricalcir- cumstances \ ivich led to the crea- tion of the \fa St fighting forces: the Greeks, ^^ongols, the Ro- mans, the N. the Vikings. 355. 1 Coggina ^JCoggine, Jack *JUN 7 !876 The fighting man; an illustrated history of tht world's greatest fighting fnrr-^R through the ages. mc J I J9/8 355.1 Coggins Fighting man i~puntv Free libran/ liitration Building San Ratael, California THE FIGHTING MAN MAN THE FIGHTING AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST FIGHTING FORCES THROUGH THE AGES By JACK COGGINS ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK Marin County Free Library Civic Center Administration Building San Raiaei, California LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 66-2O936 COPYRIGHT © 1966 BY JACK COGGINS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FIRST EDITION 1^ 145422 These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled. Followed their mercenary calling And took their wages and are dead. Their shoulders held the sky suspended; They stood, and earth's foundations stay; What God abandoned, these defended. And saved the sum of things for pay. "Epitaph on an Army ofMercenaries" from The Col- lected Poems of A. E. Housman. Copyriglit 1922 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Copyright 1950 by Barclays Bank Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., The Society of Authors asthe literary representative ofthe Estate of the late A. E. Housman, and Jonathan Cape Ltd., English publishers of A. E. Housman's Collected Poems. Table of Contents Introduction the ancient world THE SWISS PIKEMEN The Egyptians 4 THE SPANIARDS The Assyrians 6 THE SWEDES The Scyths 12 The Medes and Persians 13 The Lion of the North The Boy-King THE GREEKS i6 CROMWELL Sparta 26 THE PRUSSIANS OF FREDERICK Athens 31 The March of the Ten Thousand 35 THE GREAT Thebes 38 The World in Arms Macedonia 39 THE NAPOLEONIC WARS Siege Warfare 45 The Armies of the Republic THE ROMANS 48 The Empire The Punic Wars 52 The British Redcoat The Marian Legions 60 Waterloo The Legions of Caesar 62 THE GERMANS n The Slow Death of Empire World War I THE VIKINGS 86 The Wehrmacht BYZANTIUM 103 THE RUSSIANS THE NORMANS 108 Peter the Great CRESCENT AND CROSS 114 The Napoleonic Wars The Frontiers THE MONGOLS 122 World War I Genghis Khan 123 The Red Army Subotai 127 The German Invasion Kublai Khan 130 Today's Soldier THE BOWMEN OF ENGLAND 131 The Cossacks [ vi ]
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