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A guide to battles: decisive conflicts in history

Title
A guide to battles: decisive conflicts in history / edited by Richard Holmes and Martin Marix Evans.
Publication
  • Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • ©2009

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Additional Authors
  • Holmes, Richard
  • Marix Evans, Martin
Description
viii, 429 pages : illustrations, maps; 21 cm.
Summary
This book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and takes the reader through to the Second Gulf War of 2003. On the way it encompasses almost 300 battles from around the world - from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, to Europe and the Americas.
Series Statement
The Oxford reference collection
Uniform Title
Oxford reference collection
Subject
  • Battles > History
  • Military history > Anecodotes
  • Battles
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Reissued in Oxford Reference Collection."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-413) and index.
ISBN
  • 9780198828976
  • 0198828977
LCCN
2018469419
OCLC
  • on1090688610
  • SCSB-9674000
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library