The Japanese War Machine by Sydney L. Mayer

The chariot represented the shock element in the armies of the day. During this period armies started to develop and the king of the battle was the chariot. A good example of this period is that of ancient Egypt and the ancient kingdoms of the Middle East such as the Hittites.

Clearly as Stone Age societies began warfare, the next stage of warfare became collective and systemized, where large kingdoms developed and waged war for prestige and to gain land and resources including slaves. So what does explain the advent of war? Archeological evidence offers several explanations including large regional populations that increased competition more anchored living that prevented people from moving away from conflict social structures such as clans that provided flexible frameworks for splitting into “us” and “them” the emergence of a distinct political elite with its own interests trade in goods that provided something to fight over and ecological reverses such as droughts or large-game extinction. Some archaeologists claim the first act of homo sapiens on the world stage was that of genocide with the systematic destruction of the Neanderthals although there is no suggestion of an organized war effort, evidence points to small scale conflict slowly driving the physically stronger Neanderthals into less favorable areas for survival as they were defeated by the homo sapiens who although weaker and less well adapted to the northern European climate could communicate and unite to gain dominance of better settlement areas. Covers all key battles, land and sea, and their impacts, as well as the critical technological developments that affected the war's outcomesįrom the very beginning of our species history we have waged war.

Includes a chronologically organized document volume that enables students to examine the sources of historical information firsthand.

Supplies detailed analyses and explanations of the events before, during, and after World War I, such as how the results of the war set the stage for the global Great Depression of the 1930s, as well as detailed biographical data on key military and civilian individuals during World War I.

Provides comprehensive coverage of the causes of the war that allows readers to fully understand the complex origins of such a monumental conflict.

Offering exhaustive coverage, detailed analyses, and the latest historical interpretations of events, this expansive, five-volume encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and detailed reference source on the First World War available today. Named Booklist, Editors’ Choice: Reference Sources, 2014. Editor (with Spencer Tucker), author of 33 short articles, sole compiler/editor, Vol.

The Japanese War Machine by Sydney L. Mayer