| List of Illustrations | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Pt. 1 | Introduction | |
| Ch. 1 | The Catastrophe and Its Chronology | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | The Catastrophe Surveyed | 8 |
| Pt. 2 | Alternative Explanations of the Catastrophe | |
| Ch. 3 | Earthquakes | 33 |
| Ch. 4 | Migrations | 48 |
| Ch. 5 | Ironworking | 73 |
| Ch. 6 | Drought | 77 |
| Ch. 7 | Systems Collapse | 85 |
| Ch. 8 | Raiders | 91 |
| Pt. 3 | A Military Explanation of the Catastrophe | |
| Ch. 9 | Preface to a Military Explanation of the Catastrophe | 97 |
| Ch. 10 | The Chariot Warfare of the Late Bronze Age | 104 |
| Ch. 11 | Footsoldiers in the Late Bronze Age | 135 |
| Ch. 12 | Infantry and Horse Troops in the Early Iron Age | 164 |
| Ch. 13 | Changes in Armor and Weapons at the End of the Bronze Age | 174 |
| Ch. 14 | The End of Chariot Warfare in the Catastrophe | 209 |
| Bibliography | 227 |
| Index | 245 |