WARFARE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

255pp. Very well illustrated with colour and B/w illustrations. Pages a bit wrinkled, o/w a good+ hardback copy with dustcover The development of strategy and tactics on land and sea, and descriptions of certain crucial battles are linked to the changes in weaponry and organization which moulded them. Illustrations and specially commissioned mapd and drawings are used to supplement and explain upon the events and subjects described in the text. Richard Humble is an editor and writer who specialized in military history at Oxford University