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The Seventy Great Battles in History by Jeremy Black is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Seventy Great Battles in History about?
Twenty-five military historians from around the world describe the decisive conflicts that shaped history from the fifth century BC to the present.Cannae and Agincourt, Waterloo and Gettysburg, Stalingrad and Midway, the Tet Offensive....The latest book in the popular Seventies series assesses the great battles and conflicts in history from the past twenty-five centuries, and discusses the effects they have had on the development of states and civilizations.Organized chronologically into seven parts, the book encompasses the ancient and medieval worlds as well as the wars of the past hundred years, including the conflict in Iraq. The contributors analyze not just the greatest land battles of all time, but sieges such as Constantinople (1453) and Tenochtitlán (1521); naval battles such as Actium (31 BC), Trafalgar (1805), and Tsushima (1905); and the crucial conflicts in the air during the Battle of Britain (1940) and the American attack on Japan (1945).The coverage is truly worldwide in scope, from the battle in Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, where the Germans defeated the Romans, to Hakata Bay in 1281, where the Japanese defeated the Mongols, and the first battle of Panipat in 1526, wh
Who reads The Seventy Great Battles in History?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jeremy Black
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780500251256
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Military, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.38 / 5 (45 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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