Little-known wars of great and lasting impact : the turning points in our history we should know more about
Axelrod, Alan2009
Books, Manuscripts
18 largely forgotten but fateful conflicts. Accounts of pivotal battles, explaining each side's maneuvers and tactics, capturing the chaos ahd carnage of warfare and revealing the chain of events that led to its greater significance in world history.
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Imprint:
Beverly Fair Winds Press 2009
Collation:
288 p. colour illustrations maps
Contents:
A woman against Rome: Boudicca's revolt, 60 - The first holocaust: a messiah rebels against Rome, 132-135 - Triumph of the Caliphate: Islam conquers Spain, 711-718 - Shoguns rising: the Genpei war, 1180-1185 - Revolt and reaction: the peasant's war in germany, 1524-1526 - 'The third Rome': Ivan the terrible and the boyars' revolt, 1547-1572 - The beaver wars: 'no ink black enough to describe the fury of the Iroquois', 1638-1684 - King Philip's war: America's costliest conflict, 1675-1676 - Ottoman eclipse: the Austro-Turkish war, 1683-1699 - Cold-blooded ambition: the great northern war, 1700-1721 - The first wars on terror: the United States vs. the Barbary pirates, 1801-1805 and 1815 - Eastern sunset: the first and second Opium Wars, 1839-1842 and 1863-1868 - Rising sun: the Meiji rebellion, 1863-1868 - Germany in the saddle: the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 - Explosion in the Balkans: the Balkan Wars, 1912-1913 - Twentieth-century jihad: the war for Afghanistan independence, 1919 - Middle East mandate: Arab insurrection in Iraq, 1920-1922 - Out of Africa: the Mau-Mau uprising, 1952-1956
ISBN:
1592333753 (pbk 9781592333752 pbk)
Dewey class:
355.009 LIT
Local class:
355.009
Language:
English
BRN:
7533
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 355.009 LIT | Available |