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Author:

Cummins, Joseph.

Title:

The war chronicles, from chariots to flintlocks : new perspectives on the two thousand years of bloodshed that shaped the modern world / Joseph Cummins.

Publisher:

Fair Winds Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

399 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Military history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-381) and index.

Contents:

The Greco-Persian Wars, 500-448 BC -- The Wars of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC -- The Punic Wars, 264-146 BC -- The Gallic Wars, 58-50 BC -- The First Jewish-Roman War, 66-73 AD -- The barbarian invasions, 376-553 AD -- The Muslim conquests, 632-732 AD -- The Reconquista, 722-1492 -- The Norman Conquest, 1066-1071 -- The Crusades, 1095-1291 -- The Mongol conquests, 1206-79 -- The Hundred Years' War, 1566-1646 -- The Spanish conquest of Mexico, 1519-21 -- The Eighty Years' War, 1566-1648 -- The Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604 -- The Imjin War, 1592-98 -- The Thirty Years' War, 1618-48 -- The Manchu conquest of China, 1618-50 -- The Ottoman-Hapsburg War, 1700-21 -- The Seven Years' War, 1756-63 -- The American revolution. 1775-83.

ISBN:

159233296X (hbk.)
9781592332960 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191898186

LCCN:

2008005231

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)