warfare origins imperial strategy

books:

The Origins Of War: From The Stone Age To Alexander The Great, Revised Edition (History & Warfare)

2 reviews
Arther Ferrill

Westview Press, 1997

Almost as interesting as the author.
This is a facinating book! I am currently enrolled in professor Ferrill's class at the University of Washington on ancient military history. The course follows the book to a great degree and was the obvious insperation for the class. So think of it as not only reading a book, but also taking a class from one of the most influencial military historians alive. Furthermore, It is an well ...

Fall of the Roman Empire

10 reviews
Arther Ferrill

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1986

Accessable yet Authoritive
I found the book refreshingly easy to read and understand, and it certainly kept my attention. For the first time the answer to the question "OK now we know why the Western Empire fell, why did the Eastern last another 1,000 years?" Simple, the Western armies weren't up to it. It was a military defeat or series of defeats and the nation could not withstand the invasions which followed. One ...

Roman Imperial Grand Strategy
Arther Ferrill

Univ Pr of Amer, 1991

This survey of Roman imperial grand strategy reassesses the questions of the Emperors' knowledge of military policy, of how they applied what they knew, and of how effective their efforts were in protecting the military integrity of the Roman Empire within the framework of political, diplomatic, and economic constraints. Arther Ferrill also examines the role of personality (leadership or lack of it) and religion. A pertinent contribution to the ...