Books in the War and Society series

Marc Gallicchio expertly examines the diplomatic, military, and economic struggles in which the United States, China, and the Soviet Union were pitted in the immediate aftermath of victory over Japan. The Allied victory was but a prelude to an American search for a lasting peace across Asia, stretching from Korea to Vietnam and out to the Pacific atolls.

Gabriel Baker provides an important corrective to our understanding of ancient warfare and our thinking about the long history of total war and terror, manifested today by ISIS. He casts a new light on Roman warfare and the strategic use of total war to achieve long-term military objectives and the pacification of conquered territories.