Suchergebnisse

Introduction -- Afghanistan -- Algeria -- Bahrain -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- Iran -- Iraq -- Israel -- Jordan -- Kuwait -- Lebanon -- Libya -- Morocco -- Oman -- Pakistan -- Qatar -- Saudi Arabia -- Syria -- Tunisia -- Turkey -- United Arab Emirates -- Yemen -- Primary documents -- Contributors -- Index

From Alexander the Great and Attila the Hun to Ho Chi Minh and Colin Powell, "500 Great Military Leaders" provides readers with insight into the most innovative and prominent individuals who have led armies to victory on battlefields all over the world

The Battle of Okinawa (April-June 1945) resulted in more U.S. Navy casualties than all of the navy's previous wars combined; these heavy casualties influenced the decision to employ the atomic bomb against Japan that August. This is just one of many instances in American military history when the outcome of a battle helped to establish the course of history-the focus of this latest encyclopedia from esteemed historian Spencer C. Tucker. The 100 battles spotlighted in this work-which include defeats as well as victories-are deemed to have had the greatest impact on American history. Spanning

Throughout the United States's historyâ€"indeed, even before our nation was officially foundedâ€"military action has been critical to its development and direction. America's independence and freedom from foreign interference, as well as vast areas of land, came as a result of hard-foughtâ€"and costlyâ€"military conflicts and engagements against numerous adversaries. Without centuries of war, America would likely be a vastly different place today

From the heroic stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae and the brutally efficient conquests of Genghis Khan's Mongol hordes, to the rain of arrows at Agincourt and the blood-stained hills around Gettysburg, this compelling work chronicles the history of conflict in all its guts and glory