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050 00 $aD25$b.L55 1993
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100 1 $aLivesey, Anthony.
245 10 $aGreat commanders and their battles /$cAnthony Livesey ; Randal Gray, consulting editor, foreword by Sir John Hackett.
260 $aPhiladelphia, Pa. :$bCourage Books,$c1993.
300 $a200 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c31 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 196-1970 and index.
505 0 $aAlexander the Great: Battle of Gaugamela 1 October 331 BC; opponent: Darius III, King of Persia -- Scipio Africanus: Battle of Zama October 202 BC; opponent: Hannibal -- Genghis Khan: Battle of the Indus 24 November 1221; opponent: Shah Jalal Ad-din -- Henry V: Battle of Agincourt 25 October 1415; opponents: Charles D'Albret, Constable of France, and Marshal Jean Boucicaut -- Gonzalo de Co rdoba: Battle of the Garigliano 29 December 1503; opponents: Marquis of mantua, Marquis of Saluzzo and Seigneur de Bayard -- Gustavus Adolphus: Battle of Lu tzen 16 November 1632; opponent: Albrecht von Wallenstein -- Turenne: Battle of the Dunes 14 June 1658; opponents: Don Juan of Austria and Prince de Conde -- Marlborough: Battle of Oudenarde 11 July 1708; opponents: Duke of Burgundy and Duke of Vendo me -- Frederick the Great: Battle of Leuthen 5 December 1757; opponent: Prince Charles of Lorraine -- George Washington: Battle of Princeton 3 January 1777; opponent: Lord Charles Cornwallis.
505 0 $aNapoleon: Battle of Wagram 5-6 July 1809; opponent: Archduke Charles of Austria -- Wellington: Battle of Salamanca 22 July 1812; opponents: Auguste Marmount and Bertrand Clauzel -- Robert E. Lee: Battle of Chancellorsville 1-6 May 1863; opponents: Joseph Hooker and John Sedgwick -- Allenby: Battle of Beersheba 31 October-7November 1917; opponents: Erich von Falkenhayn and Kress von Kressenstein -- Tomoyuki Yamashita: Battle of Singapore 8-15 February 1942; opponent: Arthur Percival -- Erwin Rommel: Battle of Gazala 26 May-22 June 1942; opponent: Sir Claude Auchinleck and Neil Ritchie -- Erich von Manstein: Third Battle of Kharkov 20 February-18 March 1943; opponents: Nikolai Vatutin and Filip Golikov -- William Slim: Battle of Meiktila/Mandalay 14 January-28 March 1945; opponent: Heitaro Kimura -- Douglas MacArthur: The Inchon Landings 15-29 September 1950; opponent: Choi Yong Kun -- Moshe Dayan: The Sinai campaign 29 October-5 November 1956; opponent: Abd Al-hakim Amer.
520 $aHere are twenty of history's greatest battles and the commanders who won them. Selected for their vital contributions to the development of battlefield tactics and war strategy, the commanders in this book span more than two thousand years. The book also examines the opponents in each battle, contrasting the experience and performance of conqueror and conquered. Each battle is described in its historical context, with explanations of why it was fought and what happened afterward.
650 0 $aBattles.
650 0 $aGenerals$vBiography.
650 0 $aCommand of troops.
650 6 $aBatailles.
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650 6 $aCommandement des troupes.
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