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Moment of battle, the twenty clashes that changed the world, James Lacey and Williamson Murray

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Moment of battle, the twenty clashes that changed the world, James Lacey and Williamson Murray

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Moment of battle

Nature of contents

bibliography

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808215944

Responsibility statement

James Lacey and Williamson Murray

Sub title

the twenty clashes that changed the world

Summary

Two modern masters of military history make the case for the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, in a riveting trip through the ages to those moments when the fate of the world hung in the balance. Includes Marathon, Gaugamela, Zama, Teutoburger Wald, Adrianople, Yarmuk, Hastings, The Spanish Armada, Breitenfeld, Annus mirabilis, Saratoga, Trafalgar, Vicksburg, The Marne, The Battle of Britain, Midway, Kursk, Normandy, Dien Bien Phu, and Operations peach

Table Of Contents

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 beings (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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