Fifteen Battles That Changed the World

by Robert Silverberg
Year: 1963
Publisher: Putnam
Country: USA
Pages: 194
Media: Hard cover book
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Cover art: (unknown)
ID: 2386
Blurb:
- The Battle of Marathon—Greeks learn their own strength
- The Battle of Hastings—Downfall of Hannibal
- The Battle of Actium—Octavian Wins a World
- The Battle of Adrianople—An Empire Falls
- The Battle of Tours—Charles Martel hurls back the Arabs
- The Battle of Hastings—William conquers England
- The Battle of Orleans—Joan of Arc saves France
- The Battle of Lepanto—Don John smashes the Turks
- The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
- The Battle of Blenheim—French power is checked
- The Battle on the Plains of Abraham—the French lose North America
- The Battle of Valcour Island—a revolution is saved
- The Battle of Waterloo—End of Napoleon's dream
- The Battle of Gettysburg—The dashing of Confederate hopes
- The Battle of Stalingrad—Hitler's crucial mistake