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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] xiii, 601 p. illus. (incl. maps) diagrs. 23 cm. OCLC 3814026 LCCN 25014309 LC U27 .S6 ; red embossed cloth with gold lettering ; SIGNED presentation by John Womack Wright from October 1936 in San Juan, Puerto Rico on front endpaper ; Contents: The Early Oriental Monarchies -- The Eastern World -- Greece And The Ægean -- Battle Of Marathon -- Battle Of Issus -- Third Battle Of Mantinea -- Italy And Carthage -- Battle Of Canne -- The Later Republic 215-60 ? ? -- Battle Of Zama -- The Roman World -- Cesar -- Battle Of Pharsalus -- Bibliography -- Strategical Topography Of Roman Britain -- The Imperial Roman Army -- Distribution Of The Roman Army 117-161 A D -- The Imperial Roman Army -- The Eastroman Army After The Death Of Justinian -- Field Of Hastings -- Crusading Tactics And Muret 1099-1213 A D -- Muret -- 1st Phase -- 2nd Phase -- 3rd Phase -- Culmination Of Medieval Warfare 1214-1302 A D -- Battle Of Bouvines -- The Campaign Of John Plantagenet In 1216 -- The Decline Of Medieval Cavalry And The Reappearance Of Infantry 1302-1484 Ad -- Campaign Of Crécy -- Battle Of Crécy -- Operations Preceding Battle Of Poitiers -- Battle Of Poitiers -- The Development Of Fortifications Prior To The Use Of Gunpowder -- Development Of Fortifications From The Introduction Of Gunpowder To The Thirty Years War -- Siege Operations Late Sixteenth Century -- Order Of Battle As Proposed By Machiavelli -- Examples To Arme A Bataille -- Tactical Tables Sixteenth Century -- The Early Seventeenth Century -- The Battle Of Lützen 1632 -- The Late Seventeenth Century -- The Battle Of The Dunes 1658 -- Siege Operations Early Seventeenth Century -- Siege Operations Vauban System End Of The Seventeenth Century -- The Eighteenth Century -- March Of An Army Middle Eighteenth Century -- Battle Of Leuthen -- Bibliography ; ownership stamp on front endpaper of Edward William Girard (1930-2020), a Boeing engineer & Rockwell Missile Systems Division operational analysis manager that served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was instrumental in proposing national re-emphasis on maritime strategy in the wake of the Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 & earlier, in 1961, the use of war games to function as pseudo-experiments, producing data for analysis ; slight waterstain to top of front cover ; G. Book.