100 Decisive Battles From Ancient Times to the Present

Name: 100 Decisive Battles From Ancient Times to the Present
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ISBN: 9781576070758

ISBN-10: 1576070751

ISBN-13: 9781576070758

Edition: 1999

Authors: Paul K. Davis

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This reference spotlights 100 of the most important military confrontations from 1469 BC to 1991 AD, offering information on the historical context of the conflict, the countries involved and the outcome.

Book details

List price: $91.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/1/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 474
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



Preface


Megiddo (1479 B.C.)


Thymbra (546 B.C.)


Marathon (490 B.C.)


Salamis (480 B.C.)


Syracuse (415-413 B.C.)


Leuctra (371 B.C.)


Chaeronea (338 B.C.)


Gaugamela (Arbela) (331 B.C.)


Ipsus (310 B.C.)


Metaurus River (207 B.C.)


Kai-hsia (203 B.C.)


Zama (202 B.C.)


Pydna (168 B.C.)


Alesia (52 B.C.)


Pharsalus (48 B.C.)


Actium (31 B.C.)


Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) (A.D. 9)


Beth-horon (66)


Milvian Bridge (312)


Adrianople (378)


Chalons (451)


Tricameron (533)


Badr (624)


Constantinople (717-718)


Tours (Poitiers) (732)


Pavia (773-774)


Lechfeld (955)


Hastings (1066)


Manzikert (1071)


Jerusalem (1099)


Hattin (1187)


Second Battle of Taraori (1192)


Bouvines (1214)


Ain Jalut (1260)


Hsiang-yang (1268-1273)


Hakata Bay (1274 and 1281)


Brusa (1317-1326)


Crecy (1346)


Orleans (1428-1429)


Constantinople (1453)


Granada (1491)


Tenochtitlan (1521)


Panipat (1526)


Vienna (1529)


Cajamarca (1532)


Lepanto (1571)


Spanish Armada (1588)


Sekigahara (1600)


Breitenfeld (1631)


Shanhaikuan (1644)


Naseby (1645)


Battle of the Dunes (1658)


Blenheim (1704)


Poltava (1709)


Culloden (1746)


Plassey (1757)


Quebec (1759)


Trenton (1776)


Saratoga (1777)


Yorktown (1781)


Valmy (1792)


Rivoli (1797)


Aboukir Bay (Battle of the Nile) (1798)


Trafalgar (1805)


Jena/Auerstadt (1806)


Prophetstown (Tippecanoe) (1811)


Borodino (1812)


Leipzig (Battle of the Nations) (1813)


Waterloo (1815)


Ayacucho (1824)


San Jacinto (1836)


Mexico City (1847)


Antietam (Sharpsburg) (1862)


Gettysburg (1863)


Atlanta/March to the Sea (1864)


Sedan (1870)


Tel el Kebir (1882)


Manila Bay (1898)


Mukden (1905)


Tsushima (1905)


Marne, First Battle (1914)


Verdun (1916)


Brusilov Offensive (1916)


Marne, Second Battle (1918)


Warsaw (1920)


Poland (1939)


Dunkirk (1940)


Battle of Britain (1940)


Moscow (1941)


Pearl Harbor (1941)


Singapore (1942)


Midway (1942)


Normandy (1944)


Okinawa (1945)


Israel's War of Independence (1948-1949)


Huai Hai (Suchow) (1948-1949)


Inchon (1950)


Dien Bien Phu (1953-1954)


Tet Offensive (1968)


Desert Storm (1991)


Bibliography


Index