Moment of battle
Subtitle: the twenty clashes that changed the world
By: James Lacey and Williamson Murray
Contributors: Murray, Williamson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780345526977
Subjects: Military history; Military art and science; Battles; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-456) and index.
Table of contents: title: Marathon: Athens saves Western civilization (490 BC); title: Gaugamela : Alexander creates a new world (311 BC); title: Zama: an empire in the balance (202 BC); title: Teutoburger Wald: the division of Europe (9 AD); title: Adrianople: the end of Roman supremacy (378 AD); title: Yarmuk (636 AD); title: Hastings (1066 AD); title: The Spanish Armada (1588 AD); title: Breitenfeld (1631 AD); title: Annus mirabilis (1759 AD); title: Saratoga (1777 AD); title: Trafalgar (1805 AD); title: Vicksburg (1863 AD); title: The Marne (1914 AD); title: The Battle of Britain (1940 AD); title: Midway (1942 AD); title: Kursk (1943 AD); title: Normandy (1944 ad); title: Dien Bien Phu (1954 AD); title: Operations peach (2003 AD).