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1592334059

(Number (ISBN

9781592334056

Number

b517149

Title Proper

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General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

incredible stories of history's most surprising battlefield upsets /

First Statement of Responsibility

Cormac O'Brien

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Beverly, MA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Fair Winds Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2010

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

263 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color), color maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Salamis, 480 BCE : Greek audacity and courage defy the world's greatest empire -- Issus, 333 BCE : Alexander the Great leads a martial storm into mighty Persia -- Cannae, 216 BCE : Hannibal's masterpiece thrashes Rome and creates a legend -- Carrhae, 53 BCE : Roman arms become trapped between the scorching sun and the wrath of Parthia -- Alesia, 52 BCE : Caesar shows his enemies the meaning of Roman tenacity -- Tricamarum, 533 : Byzantium's finest take on the Germanic corsairs of North Africa -- Agincourt, 1415 : French chivalry endures the flight of the Bodkins on St. Crispin's Day -- Narva, 1700 : a king's coming of age meets Sweden's finest hour -- Leuthen, 1757 : Frederick the Great steals victory from the jaws of defeat -- Auerstedt, 1806 : France's Iron Marshall avenges the disaster of Rossbach -- Chancellorsville, 1863 : Hooker came, he saw, he got conquered -- Rorke's Drift, 1879 : modern arms and raw nerve achieve the incredible -- Tannenberg, 1914 : Russia is impaled on the spike of the pickelhaube -- Singapore, 1942 : a brilliant Japanese gambit steals the Gibraltar of the East

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Battles-- History, Anecdotes

Military art and science-- History, Anecdotes

Military history, Anecdotes

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Edition

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Book number

O'Brien, Cormac,1967-

Date of Transaction

20141128112541.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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