- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Quercus (25 Nov 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1849164908
- ISBN-13: 978-1849164900
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 334,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Military conflict has had a decisive influence in shaping our world. The Great Battles is a superbly produced introduction to those clashes that have altered the course of history. Each battle is treated to a concise narrative essay, and illustrated throughout with informative and elegant maps showing location, troop movements and topographical details. Battles covered include: Meggido (1500BC); Thermopylae (480BC); Salamis (480BC) ; Peloponnese campaigns (431-404BC); Chaeronea (338BC); Cannae (216BC); Pharsalus (48BC); Teutoburg Forest (9AD); Sack of Rome (410); Catalaunian Plains (451); Hastings (1066) ; Antioch (1098); Poitiers (1356); Agincourt (1415); Siege of Orleans (1429); Golden Horn (1453); Battle of Nieuport (1600); Lutter am Barenberg (1626); Breitenfeld (1631); Marston Moor (1644); Blenheim (1704); Ramillies (1706); Laufeldt (1747); Plassey (1757); Leuthen (1757); Quebec (1759); Austerlitz (1805); Auerstädt (1808); Borodino (1812); Waterloo (1815); Calatafimi (1860); Shenandoah (1862); Chancellorsville (1863); Gettysburg (1863); Vicksburg (1863); Königrätz (1866); Tel-el-Kebir (1882); Tannenberg (1914); Anzac Cove (1915); Verdun (1916); Nazi invasion of France (1940); Moscow (1941); Singapore (1942); El Alamein (1942); Stalingrad (1942-43); Korsun-Shevchevsky Pocket (1944); D-Day (1944); Philippines (1944); Dien Bien Phu (1954); Sinai (1956).
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The history of the world is largely the history of warfare. The first recorded wars were fought in ancient Sumeria over 5,000 years ago and various conflicts continue to rage in the world we live in today. The Great Battles is a lavish and comprehensive introduction to those clashes that have altered the course of history. Each of the 50 key battles is examined in a lively and thoroughly researched essay and illustrated with detailed and informative maps showing locations, troop movements and battle tactics. Best-selling historian Giles MacDonogh relates the most remarkable stories of courage, survival, tactical genius, military success - and failure - ever recorded across 3,000 years of world history. Many remarkable feats are recounted, from the amazing resistance of King Leonidas' 300 Spartans against the vast invading armies of Persia at Thermopylae, to Hannibal's celebrated defiance of Rome at the head of a cavalry charge at Cannae; from Robert E. Lee's breathtaking defeat of a far larger Union army at Chancellorsville, to Ulysses S. Grant's dazzling blitzkrieg campaign at Vicksburg that dealt a fatal blow to Confederate power. Strategy, equipment and the vicissitudes of battle are also discussed: from the technological superiority that allowed England's archers to triumph at Agincourt, to the strategic blunders that broke Napoleon's Grand Armée at Moscow; and from the costly errors perpetrated at Anzac Cove, to the unparalleled mobilization of D-Day that smashed Nazi power in Europe. Superbly illustrated throughout and written by a scholar who is steeped in knowledge of the history of warfare, The Great Battles is the perfect introduction to the decisive conflicts that have shaped our world. It brings the brutality and intensity of warfare vividly and unforgettably to life.
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