War: What is it good for? (89 page)

Greeks Had a Word For It, The
(Akins),
397
n

gross domestic product (GDP),
238
; American,
256
,
277
,
352
,
357
,
365
; British,
238
–
39
,
244
,
352
; Chinese,
365
; Japanese,
262
; Soviet,
363
; tables comparing,
233
,
239
,
240
,
256
,
277
,
335
,
365
,
366

Guam,
359

Guangdong,
115

Guangzhou,
196
,
218

guns,
143
,
168
–
78
,
192
,
197
,
201
,
232
,
319
; automatic,
222
; bandits with,
229
; big,
see
artillery; cannons; in colonization of Americas,
193
; handheld,
172
(see
also
muskets; rifles); innovations in,
175
–
77
; invention of,
168
–
70
,
174
; machine,
259
,
374
; trade and,
203
,
322
,
337
,
387
; in
United States,
332
; in World War I,
248
,
252
; in World War II,
270

guerrilla warfare,
150
,
215
,
247

Gujarat, Sultan of,
197

Gulf War,
81
,
347

Guns, Germs, and Steel
(Diamond),
76
,
157

Gupta Empire,
130
,
131
,
139

Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden,
187
,
188

Gyrthe,
135

Habuba Kabira (Sumer),
86

Hackett, General John,
284

Hadrian,
112
,
114
,
119

Hague, The (Netherlands),
234
,
235

Haiti,
63

Hamilton, Alexander,
208

Han Empire,
67
,
67
,
68
,
81
,
202
,
322
; cavalry of,
120
,
126
; collapse of,
127
–
29
; Confucianism in,
70
,
323
; entanglement with steppes of,
120
–
22
; peace and prosperity in,
69
,
72
,
106
; violent death rates in,
109
–
11
; wars of conquest waged by,
115
–
16
,
323
; weapons of,
232
; Yellow River flood disaster in,
72
–
73

Hannibal,
106
,
264

Hanson, Victor Davis,
65
–
66
,
104
,
174
–
75
,
252
,
388

Harfleur (France),
171

Hargreaves, James,
216
–
17

Harlan, Josiah,
167

Harmless People, The
(Thomas),
59

Harold, King of England,
135

Hassig, Ross,
157

Hastings, Battle of,
135

Hastings, Warren,
229
–
30

Havelock, General Henry,
221

Hawaii,
149
–
51
,
154

“Heaven-Storming Generalissimo,”
141

Hebei Province,
69

Heidelberg Man,
311

Helvetii tribe,
78
–
80

Hemingway, Ernest,
253
,
387

Henry, Prince of Portugal,
178

Henry I, King of England,
135
–
36
,
138

Henry V, King of England,
163
,
171
,
174

Henry VI, King of England,
201

Hentsch, Colonel,
246
,
403
n

Herat (Persia),
145

Herodotus,
20
,
64
–
66
,
117
,
122
,
126

Hessians,
212

Hidden Life of Dogs, The
(Thomas),
59

Hideyoshi,
151
–
52

Hilly Flanks,
77
,
82
,
152
,
156

Himalayas,
102
,
120
,
170

Hinduism,
230
,
231

Hindu Kush,
102
,
120
,
121
,
346

Hiroshima, atomic bombing of,
7
,
273

History Channel,
20

Hitler, Adolf,
11
,
23
–
24
,
278
,
280
,
343
,
375
; appeasement of,
324
; British Empire admired by,
261
; nonaggression pact of Stalin and,
25
; rearmament of Germany by,
265
; suicide of,
273
; World War I as basis for strategy of,
264
–
66
; during World War II,
54
,
265
–
71
,
324

Hittites,
97
,
100

Hobbes, Thomas,
15
–
19
,
23
,
24
,
40
,
54
,
56
,
58
,
62
,
71
,
201
,
208

Hobsbawm, Eric,
236

Hohokam culture,
161

Homer,
97

homicide,
see
murder

Homo ergaster
,
307
–
309
,
308
,
311
,
314

Homo sapiens
,
307
,
313
,
315
–
16

Homs (Syria),
145

Hong Kong,
218
,
355

Honshu,
150
,
151

Hopi,
83
–
84

Horace,
39

Horgan, John,
15

Hormuz (Persia),
193

horses,
43
,
105
,
162
,
217
; arrival in Americas of,
162
,
193
; domestication and breeding of,
94
,
101
,
154
; elephants and,
107
,
376
; in Gaul,
79
; at Graupian Mountain,
29
,
31
,
38
; in Han Empire,
73
; light carts pulled by,
see
chariots; rideable,
102
,
116
,
132
(see
also
cavalry); in World War II,
270

Hu Jintao,
362

Human Brain Project,
381

human sacrifice,
35
–
36
,
68

Hungary,
172
,
174
,
329
,
330

Huns,
126
,
130
,
131
,
143

hunter-gatherers,
14
,
25
,
59
,
77
,
150
,
269
,
315
; modern,
59
,
309

Hurrians,
94

Hus, Jan,
171

Hyksos,
97

Iazyges,
113
,
117
,
122
,
124

IBM computers,
380

Ice Age,
76
,
82
,
87
,
104
,
147
,
301
,
312
,
318

Ice Man,
62

Idani, Gen'ichi,
292

Iliad
(Homer),
97

immigrants,
96
,
151
,
156

imperialism,
192
–
209
,
224
–
33
; British,
see
British Empire; diseases spread by,
193
–
96
,
198
,
220
,
226
,
227
; French,
195
,
199
–
200
,
219
,
225
,
227
,
229
,
242
,
269
; German,
225
,
341
,
348
,
357
,
359
; military discipline and,
167
,
199
; Portuguese,
163
–
64
,
167
,
178
–
79
,
192
–
93
,
201
; and reinvention of productive wars,
168
,
183
,
185
,
201
,
203
,
225
,
347
; Roman Empire compared to,
227
,
232
,
264
; Russian,
177
,
286
,
346
; taxes generated by,
192
–
93
,
198
,
200
,
206
–
207
,
385
; trade and,
193
,
196
–
200
,
206
–
209
,
214
–
15
,
224
; of United States,
219
,
225
,
228
,
242
,
276
–
78
,
339
,
347
; violent death rates associated with,
201
,
202
,
226
, 229–233; wealth generated by,
180
,
203
–
207
,
238
–
40
,
268
,
337
–
38

Incas,
162
,
193
,
195

India,
167
,
256
,
258
,
360
,
362
; ancient,
67
,
68
,
70
–
74
,
91
,
92
,
94
,
96
–
98
,
102
,
104
,
106
–
107
,
120
,
121
(see also
Mauryan Empire); British in,
8
,
73
,
197
–
200
,
210
,
216
,
218
,
221
,
224
–
27
,
229
–
31
,
242
,
260
–
61
,
346
; economic growth in,
334
,
365
,
392
; European trade with,
178
,
192
; farming in,
184
; firearms in,
170
; in Middle Ages,
130
–
33
,
139
,
144
; Mughal,
182
–
83
,
198
–
200
,
229
,
230
; nuclear weapons of,
376
; Soviet arms sales to,
363
; during World War I,
251

Indochina,
120
,
228
–
29

Indonesia,
311
,
349

industrialization,
8
,
58
,
239
–
40
,
320
,
387
; of Britain,
238
–
39
,
241
,
256
; of Germany,
242
,
244

Industrial Revolution,
216
–
18
,
356

Indus Valley,
90
–
94
,
96
,
108
,
121
,
133
,
156

infantry,
118
,
173
,
183
,
186
–
87
,
375
,
376
; of ancient empires,
106
–
109
,
120
,
125
,
336
; in Arab-Israeli wars,
283
–
84
; chariot attacks on,
95
–
97
; disciplined,
90
,
94
,
107
; Greek,
64
–
66
,
65
,
97
; iron-armed,
102
,
105
,
106
,
142
,
319
,
336
; in Middle Ages,
173
–
76
; in Napoleonic wars,
213
; in World War I,
247
–
50
,
252
; in World War II,
255

institution, commonwealth by,
16
,
40
,
71

intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs),
280
,
284
,
286
,
326
,
370

Internet,
281
–
82
,
390

invisible hand,
205
–
206
,
209
–
10
,
327
; and invisible fist,
210
,
216
,
223
,
226
,
268
,
322
,
327
,
338
,
343
,
385
–
86

iqta'
,
139

Iran,
68
,
143
,
285
,
347
,
363
,
373
; nuclear program of,
352
–
53
,
376