Moment of battle : the twenty clashes that changed the world / James Lacey and Williamson Murray.

Presents the twenty most crucial battles of all time, explaining how each conflict represents a historical epoch that triggered profound transformations and significantly shaped the development of the modern world.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lacey, Jim, 1958-
Other Authors: Murray, Williamson
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, [2013], ©2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Battles.
Military history.
Military art and science > History.
HISTORY / Military / General.
HISTORY / World.
Physical Description:xv, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Marathon: Athens saves Western civilization (490 BC)
  • Gaugamela : Alexander creates a new world (311 BC)
  • Zama: an empire in the balance (202 BC)
  • Teutoburger Wald: the division of Europe (9 AD)
  • Adrianople: the end of Roman supremacy (378 AD)
  • Yarmuk (636 AD)
  • Hastings (1066 AD)
  • The Spanish Armada (1588 AD)
  • Breitenfeld (1631 AD)
  • Annus mirabilis (1759 AD)
  • Saratoga (1777 AD)
  • Trafalgar (1805 AD)
  • Vicksburg (1863 AD)
  • The Marne (1914 AD)
  • The Battle of Britain (1940 AD)
  • Midway (1942 AD)
  • Kursk (1943 AD)
  • Normandy (1944 ad)
  • Dien Bien Phu (1954 AD)
  • Operations peach (2003 AD).