Warfare and society -- Classical warfare: the age of the Phalanx -- Classical warfare: the age of the legion -- Byzantium: the technique of survival -- Western Europe: the rise of the feudal array -- The breakdown of feudal warfare -- The beginnings of modern warfare and modern armies -- The beginnings of Western Sea power -- The limited warfare of the eighteenth century -- The great age of Sail, 1689-1815 -- War in the New World, 1492-1783 -- The Nation in Arms and the Napoleonic Wars -- The Nineteenth Century's illusion of Limited War -- The Pax Britannica -- Approach to total warfare -- Total warfare begins -- Totalitarianism between the wars -- World War II -- Cold War begins -- Nuclear strategy and arms control -- Conventional war -- Low-intensity conflict and peacekeeping.