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J. F. C. Fuller, ed.
The Decisive Battles of the Western World and their influence upon history: abridged edition, vol. 1, 480 BC-1757.
Published Frogmore: Granada Publishing/Paladin Books, 1975 reprint (previously issued 1970; original edn. was 1954).
SBN: 586080341.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Compton printing, Aylesbury.
Size: 111x194x34mm.
Page count: 581pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some wear on the covers, especially at the edges and corners; spine creased and skewed from reading; previous owner’s bookplate inside the front cover, and name written in ink on half-title page; some pencilled marking in the preface & introduction, but the main text appears to be clear.

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Weight without packaging: 482g.

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Contents: Rise of imperialism; Battles of salamis 480 BC & Plataea 479 BC; Rise of Macedonia; Battle of Gaugamela or Arbela 331 BC; Rise of Rome; Battles of Metaurus 207 BC & Zama 202 BC; Establishment of imperial frontiers; Battle of Teutoburger Wald AD 9; Wandering of the nations; Battle of Châlons 451; Rise & expansion of Islam; Siege of Constantinople 717-8 & Battle of Tours 732; Rebirth of imperialism; Battle of Hastings 1066; Disruption of western empire & rise of France & England; Battles of Sluys 1340 & Crecy 1346; Dissolution of the Middle Ages; Siege of Orléans 1429; Rise of Ottoman empire; Siege of Constantinople 1453; Reconquest of Spain; Siege of Málaga 1487 & conquest of Granada 1492; Rivalry between Spain & England; Spanish Armada 1588; Disruption of Christendom; Battles of Breitenfeld & Lützen 1931 & 1632; Ascension of France; Battle of Blenheim 1704; Rise of Prussia; Battles of Rossbach & Leuthen 1757.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: 2
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: 29
Genealogies: 2
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes


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