Moment of battle : the twenty clashes that changed the world

Lacey, James Dr (Author). Murray, Williamson (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 9780345526977 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 034552697X (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Physical Description: print
xv, 478 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, c2013.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Marathon : Athens saves Western civilization (490 B.C.) -- Gaugamela : Alexander creates a new world (311 B.C.) -- Zama : an empire in the balance (202 B.C.) -- Teutoburger Wald : the division of Europe (A.D. 9) -- Adrianople : the end of Roman supremacy (A.D. 378) -- Yarmuk : the Islamic conquest begins (636) -- Hastings : the remaking of Europe (1066) -- The Spanish Armada : miracle at sea (1588) -- Breitenfeld : the creation of modern war (1631) -- Annus mirabilis : the rise of British supremacy (1759) -- Saratoga : the victory of Amateurs (1777) -- Trafalgar : Napoleon's plans thwarted (1805) -- Vicksburg : breaking the Confederacy (1863) -- The Marne : the end of old Europe (1914) -- The Battle of Britain : the Nazis stopped (1940) -- Midway : Imperial Japan stopped (1942) -- Kursk : the end of the Drang Nach Osten (1943) -- Normandy : the death knell for Nazi Germany (1944) -- Dien Bien Phu : imperialism defeated (1954) -- Objective peach : the drive for Baghdad (2003).

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Battles
Military history
Military art and science History
Marathon, Battle of, Greece, 490 B.C
Zama, Battle of, Tunisia, 202 B.C
Teutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D
Adrianople, Battle of, Edirne, Turkey, 378
Yarmuk River, Battle of the, Syria, 636
Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066
Armada, 1588
Breitenfeld, Battle of, Germany, 1631
Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805
Vicksburg (Miss.) History
Marne, 1st Battle of the, France, 1914
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Midway Islands
Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam, 1954
Baghdad (Iraq : Province)

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