Cultural Literature
The Greatest Battles in History: The Battle of Trafalgar
Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but only a select few have been celebrated like the Battle of Trafalgar, one of the most important naval battles in history. Before the battle...
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The Greatest Battles in History: The Battle of Verdun
The names of history's most famous battles still ring in our ears today, their influence immediately understood by all. Marathon lent its name to the world's most famous race, but it also preserved Western civilization during the First Persian War....
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The Greatest Battles in History: The Battle of Waterloo
*Covers the events preceding the battle through the end of the Napoleonic Era. *Analyzes the command decisions made during the day. *Includes pictures of important generals and artwork depicting the fighting. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table...
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The Greatest Battles in History: The Guadalcanal Campaign
"You ran a fever of 106 degrees. And you still had to try to stay, and stay with your position. You had dengue fever, which is even worse than malaria. Men that were scratched with coral became infected with a...
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The Greatest Battles in History: The Peloponnesian War
*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes Pericles' famous Funeral Oration*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that...
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The Greatest Battles in History: The Siege of Leningrad
*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes Pericles' famous Funeral Oration*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that...
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The Greatest Battles of the Greco-Persian Wars: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the battles *Describes how the Greeks and Persians fought on land and at sea, as well as the weapons they used *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The Ancient...
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The Greatest Cities of Ancient Mesopotamia: The History of Babylon, Nineveh, Ur, Uruk, Persepolis, Hattusa, and Assur
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the cities *Includes online resources and bibliographies for further reading Long before Alexandria was a city and even before Memphis and Babylon had attained greatness, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur stood foremost among...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Appomattox Campaign
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting and surrender by generals on both sides *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Of all the dramatic events that transpired during the Civil War, the end...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Atlanta Campaign
*Includes pictures of the battle's important generals. *Includes several maps of the battle. *Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of Contents. After successfully breaking the Confederate siege at...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Chancellorsville
Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. Includes maps of the battle. Analyzes the generalship of the battle's most important leaders, including Robert E. Lee, Joe Hooker, JEB Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, and others. Includes descriptions of the fighting from...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Chickamauga
*Includes pictures of the battle's important generals.*Includes several maps of the battle.*Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Bragg, Rosecrans, Longstreet, George H. Thomas, D.H. Hill, and more. .*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Cold Harbor
*Includes pictures of the battle's important generals.*Includes several maps of the battle.*Includes accounts of the fighting written by generals and soldiers.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Every corpse I saw was as black as coal. It was...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Fort Sumter
*Explains the events that led up to the Battle of Fort Sumter, including the preparations in Charleston Harbor on both sides.*Includes accounts of the fighting and reports by Beauregard, Anderson, Doubleday, and other participants.*Includes pictures of important people and places."I...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Franklin
"'Pickett's charge at Gettysburg' has come to be a synonym for unflinching courage in the raw. The slaughter-pen at Franklin even more deserves the gory honor." (Stanley F. Horn, The Army of Tennessee) As Sherman began his infamous march to...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Fredericksburg
Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. Includes maps of the battle. Analyzes the generalship of the battle's most important leaders, including Lee, Longstreet, Burnside and others. Includes descriptions of the fighting from the post-battle reports and memoirs of...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Lookout Mountain
*Includes pictures of the battle's important generals.*Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Grant, Sherman, Bragg, Longstreet, and more.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“Viewed from whatever point, Lookout Mountain, with its high palisaded...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Missionary Ridge
*Includes pictures of the battle's important generals.*Includes several maps of the battle.*Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Bragg, Longstreet, and more..*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."When those fellows get...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Nashville
"Never had there been such an overwhelming victory during the Civil War - indeed, never in American military history." - Wiley Ford's comment on the Franklin-Nashville Campaign As Sherman began his infamous march to the sea, Lincoln instructed Grant to...
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The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of North Anna
The Overland Campaign that pitted Robert E. Lee against Ulysses S. Grant is one of the most famous campaigns of the Civil War, but one of the most overlooked aspects of the entire campaign was the action around the North...
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