Provides an accessible, highly-illustrated introduction to 30 of history's most famou battles, including Marathon, Hastings, Agincourt, Saratoga, Trafalgar, Waterloo,Gettysburg, the Somme, Stalingrad, D-Day, and many, many more.
Includes full-color tactical maps that allow the reader to grasp at a glance the decisive moves of the battle.
Features more than 250 color and black-and-white photographs and artworks　illustrating the uniforms, tactics, and military technology of the era.

INTRODUCTION
THE AGE OF THE SWORD
MARATHON 490 BCE
　SALAMIS 480 BCE
　GAUGAMELA 331 BCE
　CANNAE 216 BCE
　ALESIA 52 BCE
　ADRIANOPLE CE 378
　TOURS/POITIERS CE 732
　HASTINGS 1066
　HATTIN 1187
　TANNENBERG 1410
　AGINCOURT 1415
THE AGE OF GUNPOWDER
　CONSTANTINOPLE 1453
　LEPANTO 1571
　THE GREAT ARMADA 1588
　LUTZEN 1632
　BLENHEIM 1704
　SARATOGA 1777
　TRAFALGAR 1805
　AUSTERLITZ 1805
　WATERLOO 1815
THE AGE OF THE RIFLE
　ANTIETAM 1862
　GETTYSBURG 1863
　VERDUN 1916
　THE SOMME 1916
　THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940
　STALINGRAD 1942
　MIDWAY 1942
　NORMANDY 1944
　THE TET OFFENSIVE 1968
　OPERATION "IRAQI FREEDOM" 2003
INDEX