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U.S., 243, 276, 280, 281, 297, 302,

342, 353, 368

Navy League, 276, 304; German, 304

Nazis, 303, 341, 349, 351, 353, 360, 363

Needham, J., 26, 28, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44,

81

“Needle guns,” 236, 245, 247, 249, 250,

251

Nef, J. U., 210

Nelson, D. M., 355

Nelson, H., admiral, 179, 211, 241

Netherlands. See Dutch; Holland; Low

Countries

Newcastle-on-Tyne, 238, 239

New England, 181, 233

New York, 183, 184, 327

Nineveh, 14, 15

Noble, A., captain, 274

Noel-Baker, P., 277, 291, 301

Nomads, 10, 15–18, 33, 48–49, 53, 56–

61. See also Pastoralism; Steppelands
    Noncommissioned officers, 129, 130,
    142, 173, 188, 189, 191, 252
    Nordenfeldt, 274, 279, 290
    Normandy, Normans, 64, 66, 83, 165,
    359
    North Africa, 21, 55, 360
    North America, 143, 145, 149, 150, 152,
    153, 156, 157, 260, 263
    North Sea, 71, 303, 304
    Nova Scotia, 277, 302
    Nove, A., 354
    Nubia, 11

Oceania, 143, 328
Oder river, 163
Officers: army, 7 7, 129, 133, 139, 151,
154, 155, 156, 163, 172, 173, 188,
189, 190, 191, 198, 224, 244, 246,
247, 254, 255, 256, 273, 303, 305,
321, 334, 339, 348, 352; naval, 241,
263, 264, 268, 274, 286, 291, 293,
298; staff, 216–19, 244, 248, 249–54;
training, 134, 161, 162, 216–19, 252
Old Regime, 140, 144, 146, 160, 185,
187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 194, 195,
197, 201, 204, 205, 217, 219, 220,
221, 223, 256, 260, 381
Olesa Munido, F., 43
Oman, C, 118, 204
Opium War (1839–42), 257
Oppenheim, A. L., 23
Ordnance, Board of (G.B.), 142, 203,
256, 265, 268

Ordway, F. L, III, 220

Ottoman Empire, 61, 79, 89, 91, 95, 98,

99, 101, 120, 134, 135, 136, 147, 156,

227, 313. See also Turks

Pacific Ocean, 45, 135,150,153, 302, 309

Padfield, P., 240, 274, 281

Page, W., 203

Paixhans, H. J., general, 226

Palmer, A., 201, 221

Palmer, R. R., 166, 207

Papacy, Papal States, 68–69, 244

Paret, P., 166, 219

Paris, 237, 252, 320, 335; Commune

(1870), 253; in French Revolution,

185–97, 207, 208, 209, 213

Paris, Peace of (1763), 161

Parker, G., 106, 107, 108, 110, 111

Parkes, H. W., 69

Parkes, O., 228, 280, 281, 297

Parliament, British, 178, 182, 212, 247,

269, 286, 287, 288, 295, 296

Parry, V. J., 98, 135, 137

Parsons, C., 280

Pastoralism, 18, 56, 65. See also Nomads;

Steppelands

Paterson, W. F., 10

Paul I, tsar, 201

Payne-Gallwey, R. W. F., 10, 36, 38, 80

Peacock, A. T., 210

Pearl Harbor, 309, 353, 354

Pearton, M., 375

Peasants, 12, 18, 23, 58, 64–65, 110, 136,

159, 189, 201, 202, 204, 314–16

Pechenegs, 58

Peking, 47, 59

Peninsular War (1808–14), 204

Pepys, S., 151, 287

Persepolis, 3

Persia, Persians, 9, 13, 148, 228

Persian Gulf, 22

Peru, 148, 149

Peter the Great, tsar, 147, 156, 157, 176

Peter III, tsar, 155

Philip II, king of Spain, 101, 103, 106,

107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 150

Phrygia, 15

Piedmont, 244

Pieri, P., 78

Pikes, pikemen, 66, 68, 94, 95, 118, 123,

126, 128, 129, 134, 136, 141

Pinot, R., 318

Pipes, D., 59, 137