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Vanquished : crushing defeats from Ancient Rome to the 21st century / Mir Bahmanyar

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  • Vanquished : crushing defeats from Ancient Rome to the 21st century / Mir Bahmanyar
  • Oxford : Osprey, 2009, cop. 2009
  • 1 vol. (320 p.) : ill., cartes, plans ; 25 cm
  • 978-1-8460-3327-8
  • 1-8460-3327-6
  • 9781846033278 rel.
  • 355.009
  • Table des matières
  • Bibliogr. p. 303-312. Notes bibliogr. Index
  • Cannae, 216 BC Zama, 202 BC The Teutoburg Forest, AD 9 Adrianople, 378 Pliska 811 Hattin, 1187 Tannenberg, 1410 Nördlingen, 1634 Jena-Auerstädt, 1806 The Alamo, 1836 Jugdulluck, 1842 Camerone, 1863 Little Big Horn, 1876 Isandlwana, 1879 Operation Dingo, 1976 Grozny, 1994-95 Qala-I-Jangi, 2001 Conclusions
  • Throughout time, violent battles and bloody clashes have changed the course of history and shaped nations or empires. Battles of annihilation are rare, but ever since antiquity a stunning victory on the battlefield, even if it has failed to win the war, has captured the imagination of many.
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