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Title: The Battle 100: The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles by Michael Lee Lanning, Bob Rosenburgh ISBN: 1-57071-799-0 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great read, even for the novice!
Comment: This was a most engrossing book. It lists the 100 most important battles, in the author's order of importance. He begins with the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, where the colonies won their independence. (The Battle of Saratoga is #15, and ths shots fired at Lexington and Concord are #74.)
Second is the Battle of Hastings in 1066, with the Norman Conquest of England. This would be the last time that England was every invaded. (The Spanish Armada in 1588 is #16, and the Battle of Britian in 1941 is #40.)
Third is the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942-43, which was the turning point of World War II. (Normany in 1944 is #13, the Seige of Moscow in 1941 is #22.)
Fourth is the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, which was the first significant cooperation among European nations against Napoleon.
Fifth, is the Battle of Antietam, where the United and Confederated States suffered 23,000 casualties, the most of any day in history for America, outnumbering the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War combined. (The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 is #17, and the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863 is #49.)
Sixth is a battle that I had never heard of, the Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 where the Spanish were able to claim most of South America. (The Battle of Tenochititlan in 1521, where Mexico City was captured, is #12.)
Seventh is the Atomic Bombing of Japan in 1945. (The Battle of Midway in 1942 is # 44, Pearl Harbor in 1941 is #62.)
Eighth is the Battle of Huai-Hai in 1948 which was the final major fight between the Chinese Communists and the forces of Chiang Kai-shek.
Ninth is Waterloo in 1815, after Napolean escaped from his exile in Elba.
Tenth is the Ottoman Turks' unsuccessful siege of Vienna in 1529 which marked the end of the march of Islam into eastern Europe. (The Battle of Tours which halted the Muslim invasion of France in 732, is #24, and the Battle of Granada in 1491-92 which ended seven centuries of Muslin control of Spain, is #35.)
This is a great book. I couldn't put down. I recommend it highly.
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Title: The Military 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Leaders of All Time by Michael Lee Lanning, James F. Dunnigan ISBN: 0806524251 Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present by Paul K. Davis ISBN: 0195143663 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: 50 Battles That Changed the World: The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History by William Weir ISBN: 1564144917 Publisher: New Page Books Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Battles that Changed History by Fletcher Pratt ISBN: 048641129X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 27 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo by Edward Shepherd Creasy ISBN: 0306805596 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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