Twenty-five military historians from around the world describe the decisive conflicts that shaped history from the fifth century BCE to the present.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeremy Black is one of the UK's most respected and prolific historians. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange, Emeritus Professor of History at Exeter University and a renowned expert on the history of war. His recent books include France: A Short History, also published by Thames & Hudson.
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Contributors World map Introduction Ancient World Introduction 1 Marathon (490 BC) 2 Salamis (480 BC) 3 Gaugamela (331 BC) 4 Cannae (216 BC) 5 Gaixia (203 BC) 6 Actium (31 BC) 7 Teutoburg Forest (AD 9) 8 Adrianople (378) Medieval World Introduction 9 Poitiers (732) 10 Lechfeld (955) 11 Hastings (1066) 12 Manzikert (1071) 13 Hattin (1187) 14 Liegnitz (1241) 15 Hakata Bay (1281) 16 Bannockburn (1314) 17 Crécy (1346) 18 Ankara (1402) 19 Agincourt (1415) 20 The Fall of Constantinople (1453) 21 Bosworth (1485) Sixteenth Century Introduction 22 Flodden (1513) 23 Tenochtitlan (1521) 24 Pavia (1525) 25 Panipat (1526) 26 Mohács (1526) 27 Lepanto (1571) 28 The Armada (1588) Seventeenth Century Introduction 29 Sekigahara (1600) 30 Breitenfeld (1631) 31 Nördlingen (1634) 32 Shanhaiguan (1644) 33 Naseby (1645) 34 Vienna (1683) Eighteenth Century Introduction 35 Blenheim (1704) 36 Poltava (1709) 37 Belgrade (1717) 38 Rossbach (1757) 39 Plassey (1757) 40 Quebec (1759) 41 Saratoga (1777) 42 Yorktown (1781) 43 Jemappes (1792) Nineteenth Century Introduction 44 Trafalgar (1805) 45 Leipzig (1813) 46 Waterloo (1815) 47 Ayacucho (1824) 48 Mexico City (1847) 49 Inkerman (1854) 50 Antietam (1862) 51 Gettysburg (1863) 52 Sadowa (1866) 53 Omdurman (1898) Modern Times Introduction 54 Tsushima (1905) 55 Tannenberg (1914) 56 Jutland (1916) 57 Verdun (1916) 58 The Western Front (1918) 59 Battle of Britain (1940) 60 Battle for Moscow (1941) 61 Stalingrad (1942-43) 62 Midway (1942) 63 Battle of the Atlantic (1940-43) 64 Battle for Normandy (1944) 65 Operation Bagration (1944) 66 The American Air Attack on Japan (1945) 67 Huai-Hai (1948-49) 68 Dien Bien Phu (1953-54) 69 The Tet Offensive (1968) 70 The Iraq War (2003) Further Reading Sources of Illustrations Sources of Quotations
