Military History of the Western World (Vol. 1, 2, and 3): Spine or cover may have flaws

Author: Fuller
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Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Features: From the rise of ancient Greece to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, urban dwellers, in their struggles with cavalry nomads, laid the foundation of European civilization; from the Germanic Visigothic invasions to the decline of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, European civilization passed through the dark Middle Ages in flames and entered modernity. In this volume, General Fuller will guide you through 27 important battles in ancient and medieval Western history. This is a classic work by the master of modern military history, General Fuller. The author spent 30 years to complete this extensive general history of Western warfare. The book is primarily structured around decisive battles in Western history, detailing their courses and impacts, while connecting the political developments between battles and the origins of wars through a chronology. Each battle chapter is like the peak of a wave, while the chronology is like the valleys between them. This rise and fall form a 3,500-year history of warfare. The book is divided into three volumes. Volume I: From the Battle of Salamis to the Battle of Lepanto; Volume II: From the Defeat of the Spanish Armada to the Battle of Waterloo; Volume III: From the Civil War to World War II. A magnificent work with 1.6 million words, it is widely recognized as a classic masterpiece in the field of Western military history.