Cummins, Joseph.

The war chronicles, from chariots to flintlocks : new perspectives on the two thousand years of bloodshed that shaped the modern world / Joseph Cummins. - Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, 2008. - 399 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Greco-Persian Wars, 500-448 BC -- The Wars of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC -- The Punic Wars, 264-146 BC -- The Gallic Wars, 58-50 BC -- The First Jewish-Roman War, 66-73 AD -- The barbarian invasions, 376-553 AD -- The Muslim conquests, 632-732 AD -- The Reconquista, 722-1492 -- The Norman Conquest, 1066-1071 -- The Crusades, 1095-1291 -- The Mongol conquests, 1206-79 -- The Spanish conquest of Mexico, 1519-21 -- The Eighty Years' War, 1566-1648 -- The Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604 -- The Imjin War, 1592-98 -- The Thirty Years' War, 1618-48 -- The Manchu conquest of China, 1618-50.

ISBN: 9781592332960 (hbk.) 159233296X (hbk.)

LCCN: 2008005231

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Military history.

LC Class. No.: D25 / .C97 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 355.0209