Edition |
[1st ed.]. |
Description |
348 pages |
Contents |
Arbela and the man who would be God -- Red King at Beneventum -- Fighting in the streets and the future of order -- Kadisiyah and the cost of conquest -- Las Navas de Tolosa and why the Americans were conquered -- Jeanne d'Arc and the non-conquest of England -- Vienna and the failure to complete the Crescent -- Leyden and the foundation of sea power -- Gustavus Adolphus and the end of the Middle Ages -- Interlude; the day of inadequate decisions -- Frederick the Great and the unacceptable decision -- Quebec, Quiberon, America -- Why the American Revolution succeeded -- Trafalgar, Austerlitz, and the fall and rise of empire -- Things decided at Vicksburg -- More than Midway. |
Subject |
Battles.
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Battles. |
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