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1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Salamis, 480 BCE : Greek audacity and courage defy the world's greatest empire -- Issus, 333 BCE : Alexander the Great leads a martial storm into mighty Persia -- Cannae, 216 BCE : Hannibal's masterpiece thrashes Rome and creates a legend -- Carrhae, 53 BCE : Roman arms become trapped between the scorching sun and the wrath of Parthia -- Alesia, 52 BCE : Caesar shows his enemies the meaning of Roman tenacity -- Tricamarum, 533 : Byzantium's finest take on the Germanic corsairs of North Africa -- Agincourt, 1415 : French chivalry endures the flight of the Bodkins on St. Crispin's Day -- Narva, 1700 : a king's coming of age meets Sweden's finest hour -- Leuthen, 1757 : Frederick the Great steals victory from the jaws of defeat -- Auerstedt, 1806 : France's Iron Marshall avenges the disaster of Rossbach -- Chancellorsville, 1863 : Hooker came, he saw, he got conquered -- Rorke's Drift, 1879 : modern arms and raw nerve achieve the incredible -- Tannenberg, 1914 : Russia is impaled on the spike of the pickelhaube -- Singapore, 1942 : a brilliant Japanese gambit steals the Gibraltar of the East. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Military history -- Anecdotes.
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Battles -- History -- Anecdotes.
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Military art and science -- History -- Anecdotes.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Battles. (OCoLC)fst00828915
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Military art and science. (OCoLC)fst01020874
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Military history. (OCoLC)fst01021222
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Brien, Cormac, 1967- Outnumbered. Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, 2010 9781592334056 (DLC) 2009038796 (OCoLC)437186884 |
| ISBN |
9781616738433 (electronic bk.) |
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161673843X (electronic bk.) |
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