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Introduction
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Preface
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Preface to the Second Edition
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Chronological Table
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The Greeks and Modern Warfare
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Ordinary Things, Ordinary People
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A Western Way of War
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Not Strategy, Not Tactics
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The Hoplite and His Phalanx: War in an Agricultural Society
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Sources of Inquiry
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The Ordeal of the Hoplite
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The Burden of Hoplite Arms and Armor
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The Old Men
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The Dread of Massed Attack
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The Triumph of Will
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A Soldier's General
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Unit Spirit and Morale: The Origins of the Regimental System
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Drink
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Battle!
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The Charge
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A Collision of Men
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Tears and Gaps
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The Push and Collapse
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Confusion, Misdirection, and Mob Violence
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Aftermath
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The Killing Field
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The Wounded
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Epilogue
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Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and their Works Used in this Book
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Select Bibliography
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Supplementary Bibliography
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Index
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Index Locorum
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