An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the PresentMegiddo, Thermopylae, Waterloo, Stalingrad, Vietnam...nothing has dominated man's attention, challenged his energy, produced more heroes - and destruction - than war. This monumental one-volume work traces the long history of that uniquely human activity in vivid, accurate accounts of over 1,500 crucial military conflicts. Spanning more than 3,400 years, it encompasses a panorama of warfare so complete that no single volume like it exists. |
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| Titre | An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor Series Dover books on history, political and social science |
| Auteur | David Eggenberger |
| Édition | illustrée, révisée |
| Éditeur | Courier Corporation, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0486249131, 9780486249131 |
| Longueur | 533 pages |
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