Overview

Margaret MacMillan traces how warfare has been woven into human societies from the ancient world to the 20th century, showing that conflict and social change shape one another.

She explores how wars have driven scientific and technological advances, altered gender roles and political life, and reshaped everyday experience. The book links changes in society to shifts in the nature of fighting.

Accessible and wide-ranging, the work offers historical perspective for readers interested in military history, social history, and the broader consequences of conflict.

• Origins and evolution of warfare
• War, innovation and science
• Gender, civilians and combat

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