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The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War
by Stephen Turnbull  Publisher Comments The word "samurai" evokes intense images of indomitable warriors, expert swordsmen capable of taking on overwhelming odds-and emerging victorious. But this popular image only brushes the surface of the samurai tradition. The Samurai Swordsman: Master of...
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Penguin Classics #253: The Campaigns of Alexander
by Arrian And De Selincourt Synopsis This is a generally reliable account of the life, character, and military operations of the great conqueror, written by a Greek historian and military administrator for the Romans 400 years after the events it relates....
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History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides Publisher Comments One of the world's great history books and the first true historical narrative of Western literature, Thucydides' chronicle of the disastrous 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta resonates with tales of heroism and villainy, deeds of courage and...
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The Complete Roman Army
by Adrian Goldsworthy Publisher Comments Discussions of key Roman battles and brief biographies of the great commanders bring the army's campaigns and personalities to life, while hundreds of photographs, diagrams, and specially commissioned battle plans illustrate the many aspects of the Roman...
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The Ways of the Samurai
by Carol Gaskin Publisher Comments For more than 700 years Japan was dominated by a military caste-the samurai. To the Western mind these fearsome warriors-samurai, the masterless ronin, and the assassin ninja-have always been a source of mystery and wonder, combining the idealism of...
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Genghis Khan's Greatest General: Subotai the Valiant
by Richard A Gabriel Synopsis This book tells the story of Subotai the Valiant, a warrior for Genghis Khan and one of the greatest generals in military history, and it includes 23 b&w illustrations....
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The Samurai and the Sacred (General Military)
by Stephen Turnbull Synopsis The samurai were celebrated warriors, but they were also deeply spiritual men whose religious beliefs sustained and inspired their forays into battle. In this entirely original work, Stephen Turnbull, a leading authority on Japanese history and author of...
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Medieval Mercenaries: The Business of War
by William Urban Publisher Comments The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. Feudal oaths and local militias were more often than not incapable of...
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Alexander the Great, Killer of Men
by David J Lonsdale Publisher Comments How the world was reshaped through the unparalleled military success of the greatest conqueror of classical times....
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Soldiers & Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity
by J E Lendon Publisher Comments In this major new history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire, J. E. Lendon surveys a millennium of warfare to discover how militaries change—and don’t change—and how an army’s greatness depends...
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The Roman Triumph
by Mary Beard Publisher Comments Listen to a short interview with Mary BeardHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron andamp; Crane It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill...
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Roman Warfare
by Adrian Goldsworthy Publisher Comments The Romans built perhaps the greatest empire of all time, forged with an unequalled skill in warfare. Accompany these unparalleled Roman troops from the conquest of Italy through to world conquest. Watch as defeated armies became allies and future...
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1066: The Year of Three Battles
by Frank Mclynn Publisher Comments If ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across the English Channel but from the Dane, King Harald Hardrada. Before he faced the Normans at...
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Samurai
by Mitsuo Kure Publisher Comments Samurai: An Illustrated History brings the violent, tumultuous, and, at the same time, elegant world of the medieval Japanese samurai to life. With a general introduction that examines the origins of the samurai and their rise to power, Samurai presents...
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Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto
by Niccolo Capponi Publisher Comments On the morning of October 7, 1571, in the Gulf of Lepanto on the Ionian Sea, the vast and heavily-manned fleets of the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League clashed in one of the most significant battles in history. By four o’clock that afternoon the...
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The Peloponnesian War
by Donald Kagan Publisher Comments One of the world's foremost historians presents a fresh look at the greatest war of ancient Greece and a pivotal moment in Western civilization that still resonates today. For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century B.C., Athens and...
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Soldiers of the Dragon: Chinese Armies 1500 BC-Ad 1840
by C J Peers Publisher Comments Tells a story of China's armies form the first documented civilization to the outbreak of the first Opium War with Britain in the middle of the 19th century. Written by an expert on Chinese armies, this volume offers details of their colourful uniforms...
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Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages
by Euge Viollet Le Duc Publisher Comments Profusely illustrated discussions offer details of dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges, along with uses of artillery, trenches, battering rams, mines, and the long-bow. "Will enthrall anyone interested in architecture...
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Warfare in the Classical World (95 Edition)
by John Warry Synopsis This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the rise of Mycenaean civilization to the fall of Ravenna and the collapse of the western Roman Empire. John...
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Campaign #084: Adrianopole 378: The Goth's Crush Rome's Legions
by Simon Macdowall Synopsis The battle of Adrianople spelled the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. This is the story of the crushing Roman defeat by Gothic calvary which proved to the Empire as well as to the Goths themselves, that the migratory barbarians were a force to...
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