The book describes the invention of weapons, war tactics, strategy and famous generals from the Stone Age to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Weapons and war have always been one of the forces that ruled the course of history. The change from bronze to iron, the introduction of the horse and the chariot, the use of ships or  battle elephants are all major steps in the history of weapons and in the fate of nations.

The Assyrian kingdom, the large Hellenistic empire of Alexander the Great and Pax Romana were built by war and perished by war.