Provides an accessible, highly-illustrated introduction to 30 of history's most famou battles, including Marathon, Hastings, Agincourt, Saratoga, Trafalgar, Waterloo,Gettysburg, the Somme, Stalingrad, D-Day, and many, many more.

Includes full-color tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle.

Features more than 250 color and black-and-white photographs and artworks　illustrating the uniforms, tactics, and military technology of the era.

INTRODUCTION

THE AGE OF THE SWORD

 MARATHON 490 BCE

　SALAMIS 480 BCE

　GAUGAMELA 331 BCE

　CANNAE 216 BCE

　ALESIA 52 BCE

　ADRIANOPLE CE 378

　TOURS/POITIERS CE 732

　HASTINGS 1066

　HATTIN 1187

　TANNENBERG 1410

　AGINCOURT 1415

THE AGE OF GUNPOWDER

　CONSTANTINOPLE 1453

　LEPANTO 1571

　THE GREAT ARMADA 1588

　LUTZEN 1632

　BLENHEIM 1704

　SARATOGA 1777

　TRAFALGAR 1805

　AUSTERLITZ 1805

　WATERLOO 1815

THE AGE OF THE RIFLE

　ANTIETAM 1862

　GETTYSBURG 1863

　VERDUN 1916

　THE SOMME 1916

　THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940

　STALINGRAD 1942

　MIDWAY 1942

　NORMANDY 1944

　THE TET OFFENSIVE 1968

　OPERATION "IRAQI FREEDOM" 2003

INDEX