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Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World

From Marathon To Waterloo

By: Sir Edward S. Creasy

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Fifteen Decisive Battles Of The World

From Marathon To Waterloo

By: Sir Edward S. Creasy

Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasy's work such a classic—it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth. Furthermore, his selections seem as wise and well-considered today as when Fifteen Decisive Battles first appeared in 1851: Nobody since has made better ones, nor given us better accounts. Apart from the scholarship and literary skill of Creasy's book, there is another reason it has endured: Creasy was essentially fair-minded. He had been a judge, and when he became England's great military critic and historian, he maintained a thoroughly judicial attitude. He was not a British partisan, nor French, nor German—he was a cosmopolitan observer of great events.Out of 2300 years, Creasy only found fifteen battles which he called decisive in the highest sense. He chose them not for the number of killed and wounded, nor for their status in myth and lore, but because they fundamentally changed the course of world history. In doing so, he made his book a miniature military history of the western world, a classic that will repay continued study for generations to come, as it has for generations.

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0306805596

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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World From Marathon to Waterloo

By: Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

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By: Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World" by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy is a seminal work in military history, providing insightful historical analysis into pivotal conflicts that shaped the course of civilizations. Creasy meticulously examines each battle, highlighting their strategic significance and global impact as turning points in the trajectory of human history. Through detailed accounts of warfare, tactics, and leadership, Creasy offers readers a comprehensive understanding of conquest and conflict. From ancient empires to medieval sieges and modern warfare, each battle serves as a lens through which Creasy explores the rise and fall of civilizations. With a keen focus on decisive moments and pivotal victories, Creasy illuminates the dynamic interplay of strategy and leadership that determined the outcomes of these historic encounters. From Alexander the Great's triumph at Gaugamela to the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, each battle resonates with lessons on the complexities of warfare and the consequences of military decisions. "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World" stands as a testament to Creasy's expertise in military history and his ability to distill complex historical events into compelling narratives of conquest, conflict, and ultimate victory.

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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World

From Marathon to Waterloo

By: Edward Shepherd Creasy

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From Marathon to Waterloo

By: Edward Shepherd Creasy

Creasy's most famous work, the Fifteen Battles, reveals much about 19th century white-supremacist European sentiment, being laced with explicit references to the deplorable barbarism and immorality of non-Europeans. Indeed, the reason Creasy gives for the significance of most of the fifteen battles, is the very fact that they denied Middle Eastern / Far Eastern people groups access to European soil. For example, Attila the Hun's defeat at Chalons, defeat of the Moors at Tours, Babylonian defeat at Arbella, Defeat of Hasdrubel at Metaurus, other Carthaginian defeats in Mediterranean and the first battle Creasy describes, Marathon. Coming as he does, just before Darwin, Creasy's world-view is notably one of 'enlightenment', and he sees Europe as the origin of civilization. His logic is ephemeral, as he ascribes the Christian Gospel as a gift to Europe, which she alone could deserve. He shares with most Post-Waterloo, 19th century writers the illusion that world peace has been achieved by enlightened Man. Ranging from Marathon to Waterloo, this 1851 classic of military history chronicles the battles that changed the course of history. It ranks among the most influential, popular histories ever published, and generations of students and historians have appreciated its gripping, authoritative analyzes of battles at Tours, Hastings, Saratoga, and elsewhere.

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161104006X

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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. From Marathon to Waterloo

By: Edward Shepherd Creasy

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By: Edward Shepherd Creasy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385416256

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Twenty Decisive Battles of the World

By: Joseph Brady Mitchell,Edward Shepherd Creasy

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Twenty Decisive Battles of the World

By: Joseph Brady Mitchell,Edward Shepherd Creasy

Includes material on the battles of Marathon, Syracuse, Arbela, the Metaurus, Teutoburger Wold, Ch^alons, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, the Armada, Blenheim, Poltava, Saratoga, Valmy, Waterloo, Vicksburg, Sadowa, First Marne, Midway, and Stalingrad.

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Konecky & Konecky

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1568524587

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Strategy Six Pack 3

By: Jacob Abbott,Willis J. Abbot,Cyprian Bridge,William Garrott Brown,Edward Shepherd Creasy,H. W. Halleck

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Strategy Six Pack 3

By: Jacob Abbott,Willis J. Abbot,Cyprian Bridge,William Garrott Brown,Edward Shepherd Creasy,H. W. Halleck

Strategy Six Pack 3 presents a classic sextet of tactical texts: Sea Power by Cyprian Bridge Xerxes by Jacob Abbott Joan of Arc by Edward Shepherd Creasy Elements of Military Art and Science by H. W. Halleck Andrew Jackson by William Garrott Brown Aircraft and Submarines by Willis J. Abbot Halleck's Elements of Military Art and Science is a timeless manual that is required reading in military schools. There is also Sea Power by Cyprian Bridge and Willis J. Abbot's Aircraft and Submarines, the definitive work on early pre-World War I flying machines, an aviation buff's delight. Plus a look at Joan of Arc's defeat of the English at Orleans, a biography of Old Hickory, President Andrew Jackson and a study of Xerxes, the infamous Persian potentate who invaded Greece in 480 BC with an army of five million.

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1365219526

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