Wars That Changed the World

Author(s): Charles Messenger

MILITARY

Our story begins almost 2500 years ago on 28 September 480 BC, when the Athenian navy destroyed the Persian invasion fleet in the Bay of Salamis. Had the Persians won we might never have heard the names of Plato, Aristotle or Alexander, nor recognise the word democracy. Charting 25 such defining conflicts, concluding with the Gulf Wars and the future of the War on Terror, Wars That Changed the World is a unique and fascinating portrayal of the story of world history.


Product Information

CHARLES MESSENGER is a former British soldier turned military historian. He is the author of The D-Day Atlas and The Day We Won the War: Turning Point at Amiens, 8 August 1918, as well as numerous other books on military history and defence matters, ranging from campaign studies and biographies to weaponry and regimental histories. A defence analyst, specializing in examining conflicts of the past to draw lessons for the future, he has also written and helped to direct a number of television documentary series. He has lectured on both sides of the Atlantic and taught military history in the United States.

General Fields

  • : 9781847246950
  • : Quercus
  • : Quercus Publishing Plc
  • : 31 December 2007
  • : 265mm X 185mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 31 July 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Charles Messenger
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 909
  • : 207
  • : 50 b&w photographs