War in 100 events

How did we get from clubs and spears to machine guns and drone missiles?

What led to the human race firing projectiles across a no-man's land, from straightforward warfare to spies and insurgency?

Here renowned military historian Martin van Creveld has compiled a concise guide to the history of war in 100 key events: Stone Age 'wars'; Vikings raids; battling medieval monarchs in the East and West; the US Revolutionary Wars; Napoleonic Wars; World Wars; Iraq War and much more.