A guide to battles decisive conflicts in history
This 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 Gul...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Series: | Oxford reference collection
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| Summary: | This 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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| Item Description: | "Reissued in Oxford Reference Collection." |
| Physical Description: | viii, 429 pages illustrations, maps 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-413) and index |
| ISBN: | 9780198828976 (hbk) |