Tales of War
Great Stories from Military History for Every Day of the Year
$56.76
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2010
Summary
From Julius Caesar’s victory at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC to the first V2 rockets falling on London, Tales of War is a unique tour of the many faces of armed conflict - the camaraderie, bravery and sacrifice as well as bloodshed and the waste of life. With a story for every day of the year, discover why the Victoria Cross was created, how Joan of Arc relieved the siege of Orleans and the shock of the first use of tanks in warfare at the Battle of the Somme - and much more.
26 January 1885: The death of Chinese Gordon at the fall of Khartoum
20 April 1918: The Red Baron shoots down his 79th and 80th victims the day before his death
20 June 451: Attila the Hun is defeated at Battle of Chalons
2 August 216 BC: Hannibal annihilates the Romans at the Battle of Cannae
19 November 1274: Kublai Khan’s Mongols land at Hakata Bay during first Mongol invasion of Japan
13 December 1939: British and New Zealand cruisers cripple the German Admiral Graf Spee at the Battle of the River Plate
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848310742 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848310749 |
| Author: | W.B. Marsh, Bruce Carrick |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Imprint: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 911g |
| Dimensions: | 57mm x 135mm x 216mm |
| Series: | 365 |
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Critics Review
One of the complaints made of history is that it’s all about dates, but the authors of this volume take the criticism head on, assembling a series of military events to coincide with each day of the year. The format is admirably straight forward: a lead story enscapulating a battle or other military matter is followed up by a listing of other key moments from that particular day… . The book is an exercise in storytelling and there are many good tales to be found within, not least the decisive defeat of the Turks at the gates of Vienna in 1683 (12 September)… . ‘Tales of War ‘would make a good Christmas gift to someone with an interest in military history–or, better still, as a birthday present with the appropriate day flagged for the recipient. – War Books Review
Most history books tend to follow a particular time line, linking events in a chain of cause and effect … However, this solid–more than 700 pages–book is much more of a ‘dip-in’ affair, offering a relatively brief (2-3 pages at most) snapshot of a particular military event that happened on a particular day of the year–selected from 3,500 years of human conflict, from Pharaoh Thutmose III’s victory at Megiddo in 1479 (15 May) to the VC-winning action of Private Johnson Behanny in Iraq in 2004 (11June)… . all in all, this is a fascinating read. And we challenge anyone not to immediately check what happened on their birthday!. – Civvy Street
W.B. Marsh
W.B. Marsh was born in New York, and now lives in London. On his birthday, 26 October, Alfred the Great, who famously defeated the Danes on British soil, died in 899. Bruce Carrick has worked in book publishing for many years in New York and London. On his birthday, in 1856, the Gazette first published the creation of the Victoria Cross, the highest possible military award in the Commonwealth for valour in the face of the enemy.
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