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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
Edward Shepherd Creasy · 1994 · 250 pages
I - THE BATTLE OF MARATHON
II - DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C. 413
III - THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331
IV - THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207
V - VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9
VI - THE BATTLE OF CHALONS, A.D. 451
VII - THE BATTLE OF TOURS, A.D. 732
VIII - THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS, 1066
IX - JOAN OF ARC'S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH AT ORLEANS, A.D. 1429
X - THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, A.D. 1588
XI - THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, 1704
XII - THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA, 1709
XIII - VICTORY OF THE AMERICANS OVER BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, A.D. 1777
XIV - THE BATTLE OF VALMY
XV - THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, 1815
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Ryan Holiday
“The other funny anecdote is that he gave me a copy of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World thinking it was this obscure text that would make me realize what he had tried to do...and it happened that I'd already read it a few years before and had recently pulled my notes from it to see where there might be some insights for this book.”↗
Elon Musk
“Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The Gallic Wars by Caesar Twelve Against the Gods by Bolitho Genghis Khan by Weatherford The first one on the list will take a while to get through, but is very much worthwhile. Admittedly, this is a list that appeals to those who think about Rome every day. I hope someone makes an audiobook of The Encyclopedia of Military History by Dupuy and The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Creasy.”↗
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