100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentWhat if the Saxons had triumphed over the Normans in the Battle of Hastings? If Washington had lost the Battle of Trenton? If Lee had won at Gettysburg? If the Germans had held the Allies at bay in Normandy? The world would be a much different place today. |
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User Review - shawnd - LibraryThingThis is a set of 3-4 page profiles of one hundred battles listed chronologically. Starting circa 1500 BC with the battle Megiddo and ending at Desert Storm, the book covers a wide range of conflicts ... Read full review
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| Title | 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present |
| Author | Paul K. Davis |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1576074420, 9781576074428 |
| Length | 468 pages |
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