Damned fine introduction to the Roman army from the republic through the empire period, although he is strongest on the late republic and early empire. As with all of Goldsworthy's books it is very readable and contains a lot of valuable information. He is one of the real experts on the subject around at the moment and a really nice bloke as well. Wargames WAB for those who are interested in such facts

Seminal work on the experience of the ordinary soldier during a battle. Investigates the human side of warfare and makes the soldiers real and not the automata that wargamers figures are.

An extensive work on the history of the "longbow" with which England won so many battles in the late medieval period. Lots of interesting data from the Mary Rose is included along with data on other "longbows" dating back to around 3000BC! The majority of the work is by Strickland which means Hardy's sometimes rose tinted view of the weapon is well and truly kept in check.

Good readable history of the Arab conquest and the states that succeeded it in the Middle East.

Quite a weighty piece this and is translated from the authors native language so a few oddities crop up from time to time. It focuses on the role of infantry in the period and is a good corrective to the all too common view that cavalry rules the battlefield.

Does what it says on the tin and discusses warfare in Europe in the so called Dark Ages. Packed full of information and not scared to say where the gaps are in our knowledge - and there are many. Although very much an academic Halsall is quite readable, although not a light read :-)

Another great
piece of "revisionist" historical study. Burns effectively overturns the idea that the Roman army around the time of Stilicho was heavily dependant on barbarian "foederate" bands and not "regular" Roman troops. His examination of the incorporation of Goths into the army following the battle of Adrianople is a must read for anyone interested in the army of the late empire

A fresh look at the evolution of the classical Greek hoplite phalanx. Van Wees proposes that the phalanx we all envisage did not appear on the battlefield until
after the Persian wars. IMO not definitive but very thought provoking. 

Study of the famous battle and the preceding campaign by probably the leading expert on Plantagenet France. Indicates that the English army was probably larger than usually stated and that the French one was a lot smaller that it is usually said
to have been.

A good read and a great introduction to the development of the famous Samurai warrior. As most gamers ideas of the Samurai are actually based
on post C15th information this book provides the essential back ground and, to a degree, a corrective to some of the mythology