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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151562303321

Autore

Davis Paul K. <1952->

Titolo

Encyclopedia of invasions and conquests from ancient times to the present / / [edited by] Paul K. Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amenia, NY : , : Grey House Publishing, , [2016]

�2016

ISBN

1-78684-233-5

1-68217-101-9

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 642 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

355.003

Soggetti

Military history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of maps -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Section one. Entries: Part 1. The ancient world; Part 2. The classical world; Part 3. The dark and middle ages; Part 4. The renaissance and the age of exploration; Part 5. The age of revolutions and Napoleon; Part 6. The age of empires; Part 7. The 20th-21st centuries; Section two. Readings -- Section three. Historical time line of entries -- Section four. Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This authoritative, well-organized, clearly written volume will prove invaluable for a variety of readers, including high school students, military historians, members of the armed forces, history buffs, and hobbyists, and will be a useful resource for both university and public library reference collections.