| Description |
18 sound discs (1080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 bonus disc with course workbook. |
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audio file CD audio |
| Series |
The great courses. Topic, History. Subtopic, Military |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Performer |
Lecturer: Gregory S. Aldrete, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay. |
| Note |
"Course No. 8140."--Container. |
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Title from disc label. |
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36 lectures (circa 30 minutes each). |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. What makes a battle decisive? -- lecture 2. 1274 B.C. Kadesh -- greatest chariot battle -- lecture 3. 479 B.C. Plataea -- Greece wins freedom -- lecture 4. 331 B.C. Gaugamela -- Alexander's genius -- lecture 5. 197 B.C. Cynoscephalae -- Legion vs. Phalanx -- lecture 6. 31 B.C. Actium -- birth of the Roman empire -- lecture 7. 260-110 B.C. China -- struggles for unification -- lecture 8. 636 Yarmouk & al-Qadisiyyah -- Islam triumphs -- lecture 9. 751 Talas & 1192 Tarain -- Islam into Asia -- lecture 10. 1066 Hastings -- William conquers England -- lecture 11. 1187 Hattin -- crusader desert disaster -- lecture 12. 1260 Ain Jalut -- can the Mongols be stopped? -- Lecture 13. 1410 Tannenberg -- cataclysm of knights -- lecture 14. Frigidus, Badr, Diu -- obscure turning points -- lecture 15. 1521 Tenochtitlán -- Aztecs vs. Conquistadors -- lecture 16. 1532 Cajamarca -- Inca vs. Conquistadors -- lecture 17. 1526 & 1556 Panipat -- Babur & Akbar in India -- lecture 18. 1571 Lepanto -- last gasp of the galleys -- lecture 19. 1592 Sacheon -- Yi's mighty turtle ships -- lecture 20. 1600 Sekigahara -- Samurai showdown -- lecture 21. 1683 Vienna -- the great Ottoman siege -- lecture 22. 1709 Poltava -- Sweden's fall, Russia's rise -- lecture 23. 1759 Quebec -- battle for North America -- lecture 24. 1776 Trenton -- the revolution's darkest hour. Lecture 25. 1805 Trafalgar -- Nelson thwarts Napoleon -- lecture 26. 1813 Leipzig -- the grand coalition -- lecture 27. 1824 Ayacucho -- South American independence -- lecture 28. 1836 San Jacinto -- Mexico's big loss -- lecture 29. 1862 Antietam -- the civil war's bloodiest day -- lecture 30. 1866 Königgrätz -- Bismarck molds Germany -- lecture 31. 1905 Tsushima -- Japan humiliates Russia -- lecture 32. 1914 Marne -- Paris is saved -- lecture 33. 1939 Khalkhin Gol -- sowing the seeds of WWII -- lecture 34. 1942 Midway -- four minutes change everything -- lecture 35. 1942 Stalingrad -- Hitler's ambitions crushed -- lecture 36. Recent & not-so-decisive decisive battles. |
| Subject |
Battles.
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Military history.
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Military art and science -- History.
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World history.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Recorded Books, LLC, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781490690643 |
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1490690646 |
| Music No. |
GC0732 Recorded Books |
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