100 Decisive Battles

by Davis, Paul K.

• ISBN13: 9781576070758
• ISBN10: 1576070751
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.-A.D. 1991.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
100 Decisive Battles
Megiddo (1479 B.C.)	1	(5)
Thymbra (546 B.C.)	6	(3)
Marathon (490 B.C.)	9	(5)
Salamis (480 B.C.)	14	(4)
Syracuse (415--413 B.C.)	18	(5)
Leuctra (371 B.C.)	23	(4)
Chaeronea (338 B.C.)	27	(4)
Gaugamela (Arbela) (331 B.C.)	31	(3)
Ipsus (310 B.C.)	34	(5)
Metaurus River (207 B.C.)	39	(4)
Kai-hsia (203 B.C.)	43	(4)
Zama (202 B.C.)	47	(4)
Pydna (168 B.C.)	51	(4)
Alesia (52 B.C.)	55	(4)
Pharsalus (48 B.C.)	59	(4)
Actium (31 B.C.)	63	(5)
Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) (A. D. 9)	68	(3)
Beth-horon (66)	71	(7)
Milvian Bridge (312)	78	(4)
Adrianople (378)	82	(5)
Chalons (451)	87	(5)
Tricameron (533)	92	(3)
Badr (624)	95	(4)
Constantinople (717--718)	99	(4)
Tours (Poitiers) (732)	103	(3)
Pavia (773--774)	106	(4)
Lechfeld (955)	110	(3)
Hastings (1066)	113	(5)
Manzikert (1071)	118	(4)
Jerusalem (1099)	122	(5)
Hattin (1187)	127	(5)
Second Battle of Taraori (1192)	132	(3)
Bouvines (1214)	135	(3)
Ain Jalut (1260)	138	(4)
Hsiang-yang (1268--1273)	142	(3)
Hakata Bay (1274 and 1281)	145	(6)
Brusa (1317--1326)	151	(3)
Crecy (1346)	154	(5)
Orleans (1428--1429)	159	(6)
Constantinople (1453)	165	(5)
Granada (1491)	170	(4)
Tenochtitlan (1521)	174	(7)
Panipat (1526)	181	(5)
Vienna (1529)	186	(4)
Cajamarca (1532)	190	(4)
Lepanto (1571)	194	(5)
Spanish Armada (1588)	199	(5)
Sekigahara (1600)	204	(5)
Breitenfeld (1631)	209	(4)
Shanhaikuan (1644)	213	(4)
Naseby (1645)	217	(4)
Battle of the Dunes (1658)	221	(5)
Blenheim (1704)	226	(5)
Poltava (1709)	231	(5)
Culloden (1746)	236	(4)
Plassey (1757)	240	(4)
Quebec (1759)	244	(4)
Trenton (1776)	248	(6)
Saratoga (1777)	254	(4)
Yorktown (1781)	258	(5)
Valmy (1792)	263	(6)
Rivoli (1797)	269	(4)
Aboukir Bay (Battle of the Nile) (1798)	273	(4)
Trafalgar (1805)	277	(5)
Jena/Auerstadt (1806)	282	(4)
Prophetstown (Tippecanoe) (1811)	286	(4)
Borodino (1812)	290	(4)
Leipzig (Battle of the Nations) (1813)	294	(3)
Waterloo (1815)	297	(5)
Ayacucho (1824)	302	(4)
San Jacinto (1836)	306	(5)
Mexico City (1847)	311	(6)
Antietam (Sharpsburg) (1862)	317	(5)
Gettysburg (1863)	322	(6)
Atlanta/March to the Sea (1864)	328	(4)
Sedan (1870)	332	(3)
Tel el Kebir (1882)	335	(4)
Manila Bay (1898)	339	(4)
Mukden (1905)	343	(4)
Tsushima (1905)	347	(3)
Marne, First Battle (1914)	350	(5)
Verdun (1916)	355	(5)
Brusilov Offensive (1916)	360	(4)
Marne, Second Battle (1918)	364	(4)
Warsaw (1920)	368	(4)
Poland (1939)	372	(5)
Dunkirk (1940)	377	(4)
Battle of Britain (1940)	381	(5)
Moscow (1941)	386	(5)
Pearl Harbor (1941)	391	(4)
Singapore (1942)	395	(3)
Midway (1942)	398	(4)
Normandy (1944)	402	(5)
Okinawa (1945)	407	(5)
Israel's War of Independence (1948--1949)	412	(3)
Huai Hai (Suchow) (1948--1949)	415	(5)
Inchon (1950)	420	(4)
Dien Bien Phu (1953--1954)	424	(6)
Tet Offensive (1968)	430	(4)
Desert Storm (1991)	434	(7)
Bibliography	441	(12)
Index	453