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Title: Warrior peoples and fighting groups D25.A2 .E53 2006 355/.003 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WARRIOR PEOPLES AND FIGHTING GROUPS SECOND EDITION DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................iii PREFACE.............................................................vii LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ...................................viii LIST OF MAPS.....................................................ix SECTION ONE: ENTRIES......................................................................................................1 DETAILED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES SECTION TWO: BIBLIOGRAPHY.....................................................................................379 SECTION THREE: READINGS ............................................................................................391 DETAILED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES SECTION FOUR: HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF ENTRIES ............................................625 SECTION FIVE: INDEX .........................................................................................................631 i DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INVASIONS AND CONQUESTS FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT S ECOND E DITION SECTION ONE: ENTRIES Afghans ......................................................................................... 3 Afrika Korps .................................................................................. 5 Akkadians ..................................................................................... 9 Alamo Scouts .............................................................................. 11 Almoravids .................................................................................. 13 Amazons ..................................................................................... 15 Anzacs ......................................................................................... 17 Arab Legion ................................................................................ 20 Army of Northern Virginia ......................................................... 22 Aryans ......................................................................................... 26 Ashanti ....................................................................................... 27 Assyrians ..................................................................................... 30 Aztecs .......................................................................................... 33 Berserkers .................................................................................... 37 Boers ........................................................................................... 39 Boxers ......................................................................................... 43 British East India Company ........................................................ 47 Buffalo Soldiers ........................................................................... 50 Byzantines ................................................................................... 53 Cavaliers and Roundheads ......................................................... 57 Celts ............................................................................................ 60 Charioteers .................................................................................. 62 Chindits ...................................................................................... 65 Condor Legion ............................................................................ 69 Condottieri .................................................................................. 71 Conquistadors ............................................................................. 73 Cossacks ...................................................................................... 76 Czech Legion .............................................................................. 79 Delta Force ................................................................................. 83 Dervishes, or Fuzzy-Wuzzy .......................................................... 85 Egyptians ..................................................................................... 89 Ever Victorious Army ................................................................. 92 Flying Circus ............................................................................... 95 Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) ............................... 97 Franks ....................................................................................... 101 French Foreign Legion .............................................................. 104 Goths ......................................................................................... 109 Goumiers ................................................................................... 112 iii Grande Armée .......................................................................... 114 Green Berets (Special Forces) ................................................... 118 Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9) ................................................. 121 Guerrillas ................................................................................... 122 Gurkhas ..................................................................................... 128 Hessians .................................................................................... 133 Highlanders ............................................................................... 136 Hittites ...................................................................................... 139 Hood's Texas Brigade ............................................................... 141 Hoplites ..................................................................................... 144 Huns .......................................................................................... 146 Hussites ..................................................................................... 150 Hyksos ....................................................................................... 152 Immortals .................................................................................. 155 Irish Brigade .............................................................................. 157 Irish Legion ............................................................................... 160 Iron Brigade .............................................................................. 163 Janissaries .................................................................................. 167