Section 1. "Carthage must be destroyed!": wars of empire -- The Greco-Persian Wars, 500-449 BCE: "Remember the Athenians"--The Punic Wars, 264-146 BCE: the end of Carthage -- The Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453: a perfect storm of warfare -- The Ottoman wars, 1354-1529: "The great…
The Swiss historian Jean Jacques Babel estimated that in approximately 5,500 years of documented history, the world has known a meager 292 years of peace. This text examines those conflicts, concentrating both on their origin and principal episode or episodes.
This book examines conflicts, concentrating both on their origin and principal episode or episodes.
Centuries of warfare that changed the world are captured in this book which acts as a primer for novices while offering seasoned history readers new perspectives on many famous and some not-so-well-known conflicts. Each chapter includes a quick-reference summary, a timeline, an …
Centuries of warfare that changed the world are captured in History's Greatest Wars. This book acts as a perfect primer for novices while offering seasoned history readers new perspectives on many famous and some not-so-well-known conflicts. Each chapter includes a quick-referen…
History reveals that smear campaigns are as American as apple pie. Look at 200-plus years of dirty tricks and bad behavior in presidential elections, from George Washington to G.W. Bush.
History reveals that smear campaigns are as American as apple pie. Look at 200-plus years of dirty tricks and bad behavior in presidential elections, from George Washington to G.W. Bush.
Everyone knows the story of the Boston Tea Party--in which colonists stormed three British ships and dumped 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. But do you know the history of the Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1773)? How about the York, Maine, Tea Party (September 1774) o…
Everyone knows about the Boston Tea Party, in which colonists stormed three British ships and dumped 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. But did you know about the Philadelphia Tea Party (December 1773)? How about the ones in York, Maine (September 1774) or Wilmington, Nort…
