Outnumbered
Subtitle: miraculous stories of incredible victories against the odds
By: Cormac O'Brien.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Beverly, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592334056
Subjects: Military history -- Anecdotes; Battles -- History -- Anecdotes; Military art and science -- History -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Salamis, 480 BCE : Greek audacity and courage defy the world's greatest empire; title: Issus, 333 BCE : a martial storm out of Macedon sweeps into mighty Persia; title: Cannae, 216 BCE : Hannibal's masterpiece thrashes Rome and creates a legend; title: Carrhae, 53 BCE : trapped between the scorching sun and the wrath of Parthia; title: Alesia, 52 BCE : Caesar shows his enemies the meaning of Roman tenacity; title: Tricamarum, 533 : Byzantium's finest take on the Germanic corsairs of North Africa; title: Hakata Bay, 1281 : Japanese courage and the mighty elements defy the great Khan; title: Agincourt, 1415 : flight of the Bodkins on St. Crispin's Day; title: Narva, 1700 : Sweden's finest hour and a king's coming of age; title: Leuthen, 1757 : Frederick the Great steals victory from the jaws of defeat; title: Auerstedt, 1806 : France avenges the disaster of Rossbach; title: Chancellorsville, 1863 : Hooker came, he saw, he got conquered; title: Rorke's drift, 1879 : modern arms and British grit achieve the incredible; title: Tannenberg, 1914 : Russia impaled on the spike of the pickelhaube; title: The fall of Singapore, 1942 : a brilliant Japanese gambit steals the Gibraltar of the East; title: Bir Hakeim, 1942 : holding back Rommel with wings and a prayer.