WAR IN THE ANCIENT WORLD:
A SOCIAL HISTORY

Yvon Garlan

Chatto & Windus, London, 1975, trans. by Janet Lloyd, 199 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps, chronological table, paperback

Reviewer Comment

Chapter 1 The Legal Aspects of Ancient War
Man and the State
The Definition of the State of War
The Laws of War

Chapter 2 The Military Societies
The Military Role of Slaves
Military Aristocacies
The Citizen-Soldier
Greek Mercenaries
Roman Professionalism
The Status of Fighting Men

Chapter 3 Army Organization
The Material Conditions
The Exercise of Command
The Rank and File

Chapter 4 Conclusion