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Dramatic Incidents In The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte The Battle Of Waterloo V3

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The Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World From Marathon To Waterloo

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Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasyâ€™s Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasyâ€™s work such a classic—it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth. Furthermore, his selections seem as wise and well-considered today as when Fifteen Decisive Battles first appeared in 1851: Nobody since has made better ones, nor given us better accounts. Apart from the scholarship and literary skill of Creasyâ€™s book, there is another reason it has endured: Creasy was essentially fair-minded. He had been a judge, and when he became Englandâ€™s great military critic and historian, he maintained a thoroughly judicial attitude. He was not a British partisan, nor French, nor German—he was a cosmopolitan observer of great events.Out of 2300 years, Creasy only found fifteen battles which he called decisive in the highest sense. He chose them not for the number of killed and wounded, nor for their status in myth and lore, but because they fundamentally changed the course of world history. In doing so, he made his book a miniature military history of the western world, a classic that will repay continued study for generations to come, as it has for generations.

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The names of history’s most famous battles still ring in our ears today, their influence immediately understood by all. Marathon lent its name to the world’s most famous race, but it also preserved Western civilization during the First Persian War. Saratoga, won by one of the colonists’ most renowned war heroes before he became his nation’s most vile traitor. Hastings ensured the Normans’ success in England and changed the course of British history. Waterloo, which marked the reshaping of the European continent and Napoleon’s doom, has now become part of the English lexicon. Given the magnitude and importance of these battles, it’s no surprise that historians and readers still cover all of these battles today. In The 15 Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo, Sir Edward Creasy covers history’s most famous battles one chapter at a time, including: THE BATTLE OF MARATHON DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C. 413. THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331. THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207. VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9. THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451. THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, A.D. 1066. JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429. THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588. THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, A.D. 1704. THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, A.D. 1709. VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777. THE BATTLE OF VALMY. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815. Creasy's book is indicative of 19th century European thinking; it includes explicit references to the deplorable barbarism and immorality of non-Europeans. In fact, the reason Creasy gives for the significance of many of the fifteen battles, is that they kept non-Europeans away from European soil.

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Roman & Greek Warfare: Tactics, Equipment, Weapons & Battles of the Ancient Period

A three title volume on warfare in the ancient world No student of warfare in the ancient world should be without Eugene S. McCartney's brilliant work on the subject. This book appears in its entirety as the first piece in this special Leonaur edition which also includes campaign and battlefield maps absent from other editions. McCartney's research is exemplary; he not only gives examples of every aspect of Roman and Greek military tactics, formation, organisation, logistics, engineering and weapons but also provides numerous examples of how and when they were employed-successfully or otherwise-by describing relevant campaigns and engagements. What makes this Leonaur volume particularly important for military historians is that reference is frequently made to Creasy's classic work on the fifteen most decisive battles in history. Five of these conflicts took place in the ancient period and Creasy's learned essays on these battles have been included here for easy reference when reading the principal text. Also cited in the principal text is Ralph Payne-Gallwey's work on ancient artillery, such as the balista and catapult; that, complete with its excellent and detailed line drawings, concludes an essential volume that will enhance any library on warfare in the ancient world. Recommended. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

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