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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo (Illustrated)

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Edward Creasy's 1851 military analysis of fifteen world battles is a classic of its genre. Appearing between Clausewitz's On War (1832) and Ardant Du Picq's Battle Studies (composed c.1870), The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo is essential reading for military scientists.

Each chapter of Creasy's strategy book dissects a different battle. The fifteen chapters are:

I - THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
II - DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C. 413
III - THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331
IV - THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207
V - VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9
VI - THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451
VII - THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732
VIII - THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066
IX - JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429
X - THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588
XI - THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704
XII - THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709
XIII - VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777
XIV - THE BATTLE OF VALMY
XV - THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815

This Enhanced Media edition of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo includes an annotated image gallery.

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812-1878) was an English historian and jurist. His best known contribution to literature is his Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851).

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