"It takes the sharp interdisciplinary mind of Wayne E. Lee to bring together so much material over such a broad span of history and make it not only intelligible but fresh and exciting to read. He has given us a truly global history of war that will serve as one of the standards in the field for years to come." --Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I "Wayne E. Lee's incisive overview of innovation in warfare convincingly shows the importance of both technology and technique in military competition. He skillfully embeds military matters in their larger social, political, and economic contexts to provide one of the very few world histories of warfare." --J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University "Waging War ranks as the most important survey of humankind's warrior past in decades. This accessible and yet profound work is a superb act of vision and of intellectual courage." --John Lynn, University of Illinois "Waging War is a far-reaching study of war that brilliantly probes the theme of innovation. This important work deserves wide attention." --Jeremy Black, author of A Century of Conflict: War, 1914-2014 "Wayne Lee's Waging War weaves a vast, global tapestry depicting how wars have been conducted from prehistory to the modern age. Drawing on an impressively wide range of disciplines and scholarship, Waging War traces the origins and dynamics of military innovations throughout history and how their influence shaped the past and present conduct of war around the world. With Waging War, Wayne Lee takes his place among the leading practitioners of global military history." --Roger Spiller, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, emeritus