Elite Fighting Forces:From the Ancient World to the SAS

This is a magnificent and highly illustrated international survey of 52 of the worlds elite fighting forces crack units that have changed the course of battles and influenced the fates of entire nations. Each profile includes fact boxes featuring key battles and dates, together with quotations from contemporary sources. An unrivalled international team of military historians, including Andrew Lambert, Professor of the Department of War Studies, Kings College, London, and Peter H. Wilson, Grant Professor of History, University of Hull, ensures that this is the most authoritative and up-to-date account available.

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and is one of England's most respected historians. Black is the author or editor of many books, including The Seventy Great Battles in History; Great Military Leaders and Their Campaigns; War Since 1900; and Elite Fighting Forces.

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