Cavalry operations in the ancient Greek world

pt. 1. Background : circa 2000 to 500 B.C. -- 1. The Greek horse -- 2. Horse-drawn chariots in the Near East and Greece during the Late Bronze Age : circa 1550 to 1200 B.C. -- 3. Riding in the Near East and Greece : Late Bronze Age to 500 B.C. -- pt. 2. The Greek cavalry : 500 to 360 B.C. -- 4. The Persian Wars : 500 to 479 B.C. -- 5. From city-state to empire : 479 to 432 B.C. -- 6. The Peloponnesian War : 431 to 404 B.C. -- 7. The march of the Ten Thousand : 404 to 399 B.C. -- 8. The Corinthian War : 395 to 386 B.C. -- 9. Interlude : Spartan decline : 386 to 371 B.C. -- 10. Theban ascendancy : 371 to 362 B.C. -- pt. 3. The age of Philip and Alexander : 359 to 323 B.C. -- 11. Timoleon and Philip : 359 to 336 B.C. -- 12. Alexander : 336 to 323 B.C. -- pt. 4. The aftermath : 323 to 150 B.C. -- 13. The successors from the death of Alexander to the Battle of Ipsus : 323 to 301 B.C. -- 14. The Hellenistic period : 300 to 150 B.C. -- 15. Hannibal : 218 to 202 B.C In this comprehensive narrative, [...]Robert E. Gaebel challenges conventional views of cavalry operations in the Greek world. Applying both military and historical perspectives, Gaebel shows that until the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., cavalry played a larger role than is commonly recognized.Gaebel traces the operational use of cavalry in the ancient Greek world from circa 500 to 150 B.C., the end of Greek and Macedonian independence. Emphasizing the Greek and Hellenistic periods (359322 B.C.), he provides information about the military use of horses in the eastern Mediterranean, Greek stable management and horse care, and broad battlefield goals