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Wars that changed history, 50 of the world's greatest conflicts, Spencer C. Tucker

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Wars that changed history, 50 of the world's greatest conflicts, Spencer C. Tucker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wars that changed history

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

900016652

Responsibility statement

Spencer C. Tucker

Sub title

50 of the world's greatest conflicts

Summary

"For hundreds of years, wars have played a determining role in history and have decided the rise and fall of civilizations. Many believe that understanding the causes and consequences of warfare may move humankind towards world peace. This selection of the 50 most consequential wars, compiled by award-winning military historian Spencer C. Tucker, presents each conflict in chronological order and discusses its causes, its course, and its significance in world history. Through thoughtful essays and supporting visual evidence, this reference work examines the types of weapons systems employed and their effects in the field; the roles played by individual leaders such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, and Adolf Hitler; and the impact of geography and economics on the battlefield. The work includes fascinating information about warfare, addressing subjects such as how transportation and logistics changed the face of war over time, what invention marked the ascendancy of infantry over cavalry, why World War I remains the most important war in the 20th century, and which war killed nearly half of the population of Germany. Each essay includes the latest interpretations of strategy, agendas, and consequences of the featured event"--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

Thutmose III's campaigns (ca. 1479-1459 BCE) -- Greco-Persian Wars (499-479 BCE) -- Peloponnesian Wars (460-404 BCE) -- Wars of Alexander the Great (335-323 BCE) -- Punic Wars (264-146 BCE) -- Qin Wars of Unification (230-221 BCE) -- Gallic Wars (58-51 BCE) -- Caesarian-Pompeian Civil War (49-45 BCE) -- Barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire (363-476) -- Muslim wars of expansion (623-732) -- Charlemagne's wars (772-814) -- Norman Conquest (1066) -- Crusades (1096-1291) -- Mongol conquests (1206-1287) -- Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) -- Aztec-Spanish War (1519-1521) -- Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) -- Imjin War (1592-1598) -- Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) -- Great Northern War (1700-1721) -- War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) -- War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) -- Carnatic Wars (1746-1748, 1749-1754, and 1757-1763) -- French and Indian War (1754-1763) -- Seven Years' War (1756-1763) -- American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) -- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814, 1815) -- Greek War of Independence (1821-1832) -- Opium Wars (1839-1842, 1856-1860) -- Mexican-American War (1846-1848) -- Wars of Italian Unification (1848-1870) -- Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) -- American Civil War (1861-1865) -- Wars of German Unification (1864-1871) -- Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) -- Spanish-American War (1898) -- Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) -- World War I (1914-1918) -- Chinese Civil War and Communist Revolution (1927-1949) -- World War II (1939-1945) -- Indochina War (1946-1954) -- Israeli War of Independence (1948-1949) -- Korean War (1950-1953) -- Vietnam War (1958-1975) -- Six-Day War (1967) -- Yom Kippur War (1973) -- Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) -- Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) -- Iraq War (2003-2011)

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