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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Mar 2000
Genre: History - Military
Retail Price: $15.95
Pages: 352
Profiles of 16 decisive struggles from ancient and modern times. Gripping accounts range from Alexander the Great's overthrow of the Persian empire in the 4th century BC to World War II's Battle of Midway. Pratt depicts the circumstances leading up to the decisive clashes, the personalities involved, and the historically important aftermath. 27 maps.