Chronicles and illustrates the tactics and strategies practiced on modern battlefields around the world.

China 1946-49 : red star in the east /David Rees -- Greece 1945-49 : when Greek meets Greek / Robert Thompson -- World affairs 1945-62 : the undeclared war / Eric Morris -- Korea 1950-53 : crisis in Korea / F.A. Godfrey -- Indochina 1946-54 : Ho Chi Minh's triumph / John Pimlott -- Malaya 1948-60 : emergency in Malaya / Robert Thompson -- Middle East 1956 : the Suez fiasco / H.P. Willmott -- Middle East 1956 : the Israeli attack on Sinai / Michael Orr -- Kenya 1952-60 : Mau Mau terror / H.P. Willmott -- Cyprus 1955-59, Aden 1963-67 : Cyprus and Aden / H.P. Willmott -- Algeria 1954-62 : the Algerian revolution / John Pimlott -- Hungary 1956 : Hungary in revolt / Michael Orr -- Congo 1960-67 : the Congolese bloodbath / Peter Janke -- Cuba 1956-59 : Castro's revolution / H.P. Willmott -- Angola, Guinea, Mozambique 1961-76 : Portuguese Africa / Ian Beckett -- Biafra 1967-70 : the Nigerian civil war / Peter Janke -- Middle East 1967 : the Six-Day War / H.P. Willmott -- South America 1960-80 : the urban guerrillas of South America / H.P. Willmott -- Indochina 1954-75 : Vietnam / Robert Thompson -- India-Pakistan 1971 : birth of a nation / H.P. Willmott -- Middle East 1973 : the Yom Kippur War / H.P. Willmott -- Rhodesia 1957-80 : war in the bush / F.A. Godfrey -- Ethiopia 1974-80 : the horn of Africa / Peter Janke -- Political violence : international terrorism / David Rees -- World affairs 1963-80 : the military balance / Eric Morris -- Ulster 1968-80 : Northern Ireland / Peter Janke -- Afghanistan 1979-80 : invasion of Afghanistan / Michael Orr -- Iran-Iraq 1980 : the Gulf War / Michael Orr -- Glossary -- Chronology.