Graham Wrightson is Assistant Professor of History at South Dakota State University, USA. His research focuses primarily on Macedonian military history with a special focus on military manuals and the sarissa phalanx. He also examines comparative warfare between cultures and eras and their influence on each other. He has published multiple articles and papers on Macedonian warfare, has jointly edited three books, and has produced a textbook for the standard US university first-year survey course Western Civilization 1.

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction part 1: The purpose and methodology of the study; Introduction part 2: The theory of combined arms; Section 1: The Hoplite Revolution in Greece; Chapter 1: Homeric warfare and the introduction of the hoplite; Chapter 2: Archaic Greece – the dominance of the heavy infantry phalanx; Chapter 3: Persia vs. Greece - The advantages of the heavy infantryman; Section 2: The implementation of Combined arms in Greek warfare; Chapter 4: The Peloponnesian War - Combined arms innovation on the battlefield; Chapter 5: The Corinthian War and Iphicrates: Light infantry integration; Chapter 6: The Theban hegemony - the inclusion of heavy cavalry; Section 3: Macedon and Integrated Warfare; Chapter 7: Philip II – The sarissa phalanx and heavy cavalry; Chapter 8: Alexander the Great - linking the heavy cavalry and the phalanx; Chapter 9: The Successors - War elephants and integrated warfare; Conclusion - Greece, Persia and Macedon: The success of combined arms and integrated warfare; Bibliography; Index

"In this relatively slim volume Prof. Sears (New Brunswick, Canada) rather impressively manages to produce an overview of some 1,200 years of warfare in ancient Greece...while primarily intended for those unfamiliar with ancient Greek history, this can be read with some value by experienced scholars as well." - The NYMAS Review, Autmn-Winter 2019"To any who would argue that there is nothing new to be added to the study of battles and the general mechanics of war in the Greek world: see Graham Wrightson’s new book ... Wrightson has written an engaging book, which would make an accessible general introduction to Greek land warfare for both college students and the general public"- Nayda Williams, University of West Georgia, USA, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2020

Graham Wrightson is Assistant Professor of History at South Dakota State University, USA. His research focuses primarily on Macedonian military history with a special focus on military manuals and the sarissa phalanx. He also examines comparative warfare between cultures and eras and their influence on each other. He has published multiple articles and papers on Macedonian warfare, has jointly edited three books, and has produced a textbook for the standard US university first-year survey course Western Civilization 1.

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction part 1: The purpose and methodology of the study; Introduction part 2: The theory of combined arms; Section 1: The Hoplite Revolution in Greece; Chapter 1: Homeric warfare and the introduction of the hoplite; Chapter 2: Archaic Greece – the dominance of the heavy infantry phalanx; Chapter 3: Persia vs. Greece - The advantages of the heavy infantryman; Section 2: The implementation of Combined arms in Greek warfare; Chapter 4: The Peloponnesian War - Combined arms innovation on the battlefield; Chapter 5: The Corinthian War and Iphicrates: Light infantry integration; Chapter 6: The Theban hegemony - the inclusion of heavy cavalry; Section 3: Macedon and Integrated Warfare; Chapter 7: Philip II – The sarissa phalanx and heavy cavalry; Chapter 8: Alexander the Great - linking the heavy cavalry and the phalanx; Chapter 9: The Successors - War elephants and integrated warfare; Conclusion - Greece, Persia and Macedon: The success of combined arms and integrated warfare; Bibliography; Index

"In this relatively slim volume Prof. Sears (New Brunswick, Canada) rather impressively manages to produce an overview of some 1,200 years of warfare in ancient Greece...while primarily intended for those unfamiliar with ancient Greek history, this can be read with some value by experienced scholars as well." - The NYMAS Review, Autmn-Winter 2019"To any who would argue that there is nothing new to be added to the study of battles and the general mechanics of war in the Greek world: see Graham Wrightson’s new book ... Wrightson has written an engaging book, which would make an accessible general introduction to Greek land warfare for both college students and the general public"- Nayda Williams, University of West Georgia, USA, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2020

Graham Wrightson is Assistant Professor of History at South Dakota State University, USA. His research focuses primarily on Macedonian military history with a special focus on military manuals and the sarissa phalanx. He also examines comparative warfare between cultures and eras and their influence on each other. He has published multiple articles and papers on Macedonian warfare, has jointly edited three books, and has produced a textbook for the standard US university first-year survey course Western Civilization 1.

• List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction part 1: The purpose and methodology of the study; Introduction part 2: The theory of combined arms; Section 1: The Hoplite Revolution in Greece; Chapter 1: Homeric warfare and the introduction of the hoplite; Chapter 2: Archaic Greece – the dominance of the heavy infantry phalanx; Chapter 3: Persia vs. Greece - The advantages of the heavy infantryman; Section 2: The implementation of Combined arms in Greek warfare; Chapter 4: The Peloponnesian War - Combined arms innovation on the battlefield; Chapter 5: The Corinthian War and Iphicrates: Light infantry integration; Chapter 6: The Theban hegemony - the inclusion of heavy cavalry; Section 3: Macedon and Integrated Warfare; Chapter 7: Philip II – The sarissa phalanx and heavy cavalry; Chapter 8: Alexander the Great - linking the heavy cavalry and the phalanx; Chapter 9: The Successors - War elephants and integrated warfare; Conclusion - Greece, Persia and Macedon: The success of combined arms and integrated warfare; Bibliography; Index

"In this relatively slim volume Prof. Sears (New Brunswick, Canada) rather impressively manages to produce an overview of some 1,200 years of warfare in ancient Greece...while primarily intended for those unfamiliar with ancient Greek history, this can be read with some value by experienced scholars as well." - The NYMAS Review, Autmn-Winter 2019"To any who would argue that there is nothing new to be added to the study of battles and the general mechanics of war in the Greek world: see Graham Wrightson’s new book ... Wrightson has written an engaging book, which would make an accessible general introduction to Greek land warfare for both college students and the general public"- Nayda Williams, University of West Georgia, USA, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2020