Collins Atlas of Military History

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• ISBN13: 9780060849979
• ISBN10: 0060849975
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-20
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

A brand-new history of the world's principal military developments and campaigns, from the Greeks and Romans to the Vietnam War and beyond, illustrated with state-of-the-art mapping. From the dawn of the very first civilizations, people have fought for the control of resources and territory. The Collins Atlas of Military History takes a look at all the military advancements that have made these struggles ever more lethal and at the major military battles throughout the ages. From the Egyptians and Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh to the recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and the Gulf, the most innovative military tactics, new weaponry, key commanders, and decisive battles are all discussed and analyzed in one comprehensive volume. Chapters cover: The First Military Empires: Egyptians and Hittites to the later Roman Empire War in the Middle Ages, 400-1500 The Military Renaissance, 1500-1650 Warfare Under the Ancient Regime, 1650-1785 The Age of Revolution, 1792-1815 The Dawn of Modern Warfare, 1815-1905 The First World War, 1914-1918 Total Warfare: The Russian Revolution to War in the Pacific The End of "Modern" War, 1946-2003 For anyone with an interest in military history and the politics, society, and culture of the world, the Collins Atlas of Military History is a perfect companion.

Table of Contents

PART I THE FIRST MILITARY EMPIRES	8	(22)
egyptians and hittites, 5000--2000 BC	10	(2)
assyrians and persians, 1000--600 BC	12	(2)
the greco-persian wars, 490--479 BC	14	(2)
the peloponnesian war, 431--404 BC	16	(2)
alexander the great and the successor wars, 334--c. 170 BC	18	(2)
the punic wars, 264--146 BC	20	(2)
naval warfare in the mediterranean, 490--31 BC	22	(2)
the gallic wars, 58--52 BC	24	(2)
rome, germany, and parthia, 109 BC--AD 138	26	(2)
the later roman empire, 54--44 BC	28	(2)
PART II WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES	30	(14)
the fall of the roman empire, 400--500	32	(2)
the arab invasions, 632--972	34	(2)
the byzantine empire, 293--1453	36	(2)
the carolingians, 486--814	38	(2)
warfare in the high middle ages, 900--1500	40	(2)
the crusades, 1095--1291	42	(2)
PART III THE MILITARY RENAISSANCE	44	(14)
the italian wars, 1495--1559	46	(2)
europe and the ottoman empire, 1520--1571	48	(2)
warfare in india and china, 1500--1650	50	(2)
the wars of religion, 1562--1598	52	(2)
the dutch revolt, 1559--1648	54	(2)
the thirty years war, 1618--1632	56	(2)
PART IV WARFARE UNDER THE ANCIEN REGIME	58	(14)
the war of the spanish succession, 1701--1714	60	(2)
the great northern war - sweden and russia, 1683--1721	62	(2)
naval warfare under the ancien regime, 1652--1762	64	(2)
mid 18th-century europe, 1741--1750	66	(2)
the first colonial wars, 1746--1763	68	(2)
frederick the great and the prussian expansion, 1756--1763	70	(2)
PART V THE AGE OF REVOLUTION	72	(16)
the american revolutionary war, 1772--1782	74	(2)
the french revolutionary wars, 1792--1796	76	(2)
the napoleonic wars I, 1796--1800	78	(2)
the napoleonic wars II, 1805--1807	80	(2)
naval warfare in the age of napoleon, 1793--1814	82	(2)
the peninsular war, 1808--1814	84	(2)
napoleon at bay, 1812-1815	86	(2)
PART VI THE DAWN OF MODERN WARFARE	88	(18)
the crimean war, 1853--1856	90	(2)
the franco-austrian war, 1858--1859	92	(2)
the franco-prussian war, 1870--1871	94	(2)
the american civil war I, 1861--1863	96	(2)
the american civil war II, 1863--1865	98	(2)
the russo-turkish war, 1877--1878	100	(2)
colonial wars, 1830--1902	102	(2)
the russo-japanese war, 1904--1905	104	(2)
PART VII THE FIRST WORLD WAR	106	(20)
the war in the west, 1914	108	(2)
the eastern front I, 1914--1915	110	(2)
trench warfare, 1915	112	(2)
gallipoli, 1915--1916	114	(2)
the war at sea, 1914--1918	116	(2)
the eastern front II, 1915--1917	118	(2)
verdun and the somme, 1916	120	(2)
the first world war, 1917	122	(2)
the first world war, 1918	124	(2)
PART VIII TOTAL WARFARE	126	(32)
the russian revolution, 1917--1921	128	(2)
the sino-japanese wars, 1931--1945	130	(2)
the spanish civil war, 1936--1939	132	(2)
blitzkrieg--outbreak of the second world war, 1939--1941	134	(2)
the war in north africa, 1940--1943	136	(2)
the german invasion of russia, 1941	138	(2)
the eastern front, 1942--1943	140	(2)
the battle of the atlantic, 1939--1945	142	(2)
the war in italy, 1943--1945	144	(2)
the german retreat in russia, 1943--1944	146	(2)
the normandy landings, 1944	148	(2)
the german defeat in the east, 1944--1945	150	(2)
war in the pacific, 1941--1942	152	(2)
burma and malaysia, 1942--1945	154	(2)
victory in the pacific, 1942--1945	156	(2)
PART IX THE END OF `MODERN WAR'	158	(30)
the chinese civil war, 1947--1949	160	(2)
the korean war, 1949--1953	162	(2)
the first indo-china wars, 1948--1960	164	(2)
civil wars in africa, 1945--2004	166	(2)
the middle east from suez to yom kippur, 1945--1973	168	(2)
the cold war, 1945--1991	170	(2)
the vietnam war I: indo-china at war, 1954--1968	172	(2)
the vietnam war II, 1968--1975	174	(2)
the soviet war in afghanistan, 1979--1996	176	(2)
the falklands war and 1980s interventions, 1982--1989	178	(2)
the iran-iraq war and the gulf war, 1980--1999	180	(2)
the civil wars in yugoslavia, 1990--1999	182	(2)
chechnya, afghanistan, and iraq, 1991--2003	184	(2)
future war	186	(2)
Index	188