1. Prelude to New Kingdom warfare -- 2. The system of Early Dynasty XVIII : technological and physical constraints -- 3. Southern and northern expansion -- 4. Social and religious implications of the new military system -- 5. The battle of Megiddo and its result -- 6. The pharaoh on campaign : ideal and real -- 7. The later military situation in Asia and at home -- 8. Egyptian imperialism and Thutmose III -- 9. Dynasty XVIII : warfare and economy -- 10. The Amarna letters and war -- 11. The influence of the Egyptian military from Late Dynasty XVIII to Dynasty XIX -- 12. Early Dynasty XIX -- 13. To Kadesh and after -- 14. Merenptah and Ramesses III -- 15. Egypt on the defensive -- 16. The social system of the military in the Ramesside period.