The Seventy Great Battles of All Time by Jeremy Black
In The Seventy Great Battles of All Time, an international team of military historians reconstructs and analyses the seventy decisive battles that shaped world history - from Cannae to Agincourt, Waterloo to Gettysburg, Stalingrad to the Tet offensive. Organised chronologically into seven parts, the book encompasses the ancient, medieval and Renaissance worlds, as well as the battles of the past 300 years, right up to the current conflict in Iraq. The contributors analyse not only the greatest land battles of all time, but sieges such as Constantinople (1453) and Tenochtitlan (1521); naval battles such as Actium (31 BC), the Armada (1588), Trafalgar (1805) and Tsushima (1905); and the crucial conflicts in the air during the Battle of Britain (1940) and the American attack on Japan (1945). The coverage is truly worldwide and spans an enormous time-scale. Throughout, the reader is presented with a masterly overview of the advances in military technology, how battlefield commanders responded to these changes, and the impact of each battle.
'Intelligently conceived, well written and nicely illustrated, this book brings out the great continuities of war' - Scotsman
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and the author or editor of over seventy books, including The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare, WorldWar Two: A Military History and, for Thames & Hudson, The Seventy Great Battles of All Time and Great Military Leaders and Their Campaigns
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500251256 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500251258 |
| Title | The Seventy Great Battles of All Time |
| Author | Jeremy Black |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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