
A Guide to Battles
Decisive Conflicts in History
Oxford University Press
Published on 22. March 2018
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-0-19-882897-6 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and takes the reader through to the Second Gulf War of 2003. On the way it encompasses almost 300 battles from around the world - from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, to Europe and the Americas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-882897-6 (9780198828976)
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Persons
Richard Holmes (1946-2011) was Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. He presented the popular BBC television series War Walks and The Western Front. He wrote more than twenty books and was the General Editor of The Oxford Companion to Military History.
Martin Marix Evans is an independent writer and military historian. He has written numerous books, among them Naseby 1645: the triumph of the New Model Army, Encyclopedia of the Boer War, Over the Top, and Victory on the Western Front.
Martin Marix Evans is an independent writer and military historian. He has written numerous books, among them Naseby 1645: the triumph of the New Model Army, Encyclopedia of the Boer War, Over the Top, and Victory on the Western Front.
Editor
Professor of Military and Security StudiesProfessor of Military and Security Studies, Cranfield University and The Defence College of Management and Technology
Independent Writer and Researcher
Content
- Preface
- 1: Ancient World
- 2: Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- 3: The Renaissance to the French Revolution
- 4: Nineteenth-century Europe
- 5: World War I
- 6: World War II
- 7: The Americas
- 8: Asia and the Middle East
- 9: Africa
- Index
- 1: Ancient World
- 2: Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- 3: The Renaissance to the French Revolution
- 4: Nineteenth-century Europe
- 5: World War I
- 6: World War II
- 7: The Americas
- 8: Asia and the Middle East
- 9: Africa
- Index