A Guide to Battles: Decisive Conflicts in History

by Richard Holmes

Book Overview

Ranging from the Peloponnesian war, to Trafalgar and Gettysburg, to the War in Iraq, this exciting book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history. This superb, one-volume reference describes almost 300 battles from around the world--from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, as well as from Europe and the Americas. All the battles are grouped in chapters which tell the wider story of a particular era...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192806548
• ISBN13: 9780192806543
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.7" x 5.0"