Section 1. "Carthage must be destroyed!": wars of empire
The Greco-Persian Wars, 500-449 BCE: "Remember the Athenians"
The Punic Wars, 264-146 BCE: the end of Carthage
The Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453: a perfect storm of warfare
The Ottoman wars, 1354-1529: "The great drum of conquest"
section 2. As God is my witness: religious wars
The Jewish-Roman wars, 66-135 CE: "Not so much as one soul"
The troubles, 1966-1998: by ballot and bullet
The Arab-Israeli wars, 1948-ongoing: when war is a fact of life
section 3. "As a fish swims in the sea": guerilla wars
The Seminole Wars, 1817-1858: "A tribe which has long violated our rights"
The Anglo-Afghan wars, 1839-1919: "The great game"
The Vietnamese wars, 1945-1975: "The light at the end of the tunnel"
section 4. "On the borders": nationalist struggles
The Russo-Polish wars, 1558-1667: the battle for the Baltic and supremacy in Eastern Europe
The Balkan wars, 1912-2001: the field of the blackbirds
section 5. "Cry havoc": wars of chaos
Guatemala civil wars, 1944-1996: the bitter fruit of oppression
The Sudanese Civil War, 1955-2005: evil horsemen, snake venom, proxy war, and genocide.