Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: understanding the Vietnam War -- The Vietnam War in history -- Vietnam 101: origins to 1946 -- Vietnamese communism, 1920-1946 -- America comes to Vietnam, 1954-1963 -- The Americanization of the Vietnam War, 1963-1968 -- The Vietnamization of the war and the "lost victory" -- The Paris Peace Accords to Black April -- Summary and epilogue…”

“…A Companion to the Punic Wars offers a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC. …”

“…Craig L. Symonds' World War II at Sea offers a definitive naval history of the Second World War presenting the chronology of the naval war, from The London Conference of 1930 to the surrender in Tokyo Bay in 1945, on a global scale for the first time…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sharma, Pitzer College -- Vistas -- War and state in the Middle East : reassessing charles Tilly in a regional context / Dietrich Jung, University of Southern Denmark -- Beyond mere war : authority and legitimacy in the formation of the Latin American States / Robert H. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…From the Truman doctrine to the second superpower detente: the rise and fall of the Cold War -- Why did we get the end of the Cold War wrong? …”

“…Modern wars in perspective…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- The age of anocracies -- The rise of factions -- The dark consequences of losing status -- When hope dies -- The accelerant -- How close are we? -- What a war would look like -- Preventing a civil war…”