An Encyclopedia of Battles

Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present

David Eggenberger

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780486249131
• eBook ISBN: 9780486142012
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

"A badly needed addition to public and military libraries and to the shelves of every military writer … a definitive job." — Army Times
Megiddo, Thermopylae, Waterloo, Stalingrad, Vietnam … nothing has dominated man's attention, challenged his energy, produced more heroes — and destruction — than war. This monumental one-volume work traces the long history of that uniquely human activity in vivid, accurate accounts of over 1,500 crucial military conflicts, Spanning more than 3,400 years, it encompasses a panorama of warfare so complete that no single volume like it exists.
All the essential details of every major battle in recorded history on land and at sea — from the first battle of Megiddo in 1479 B. C. to Grenada in 1984 — are covered. For added convenience, this work lists the engagements in alphabetical order, from "Aachen," the first entry, to "Zutphen," the last.
You'll find painstakingly researched, objectively written descriptions of the Persia-Greek conflicts of the fifth century B. C., Roman Empire wars, Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, and many more. Also included are penetrating analyses of the roles played by commanders of genius — Alexander, Julius Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Khalid ibn al-Walid, and other momentous figures. Updating this already comprehensive resource, a new Appendix deals with more recent conflicts: the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq War, the Falkland Islands clash, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and the U. S. invasion of Grenada.
Each entry includes states, strategic situations, military leaders, troop numbers, tactics, casualties and military/political consequences of the battles. In addition, you'll find cross references at the end of each entry, 99 battle maps and a comprehensive index containing titles and alliances and treaties, famous quotations, slogans, catch phrases … even battle cries.
An Encyclopedia of Battles is an entire library of military history in one convenient space-saving volume. Students, historians, writers, military buffs … anyone interested in the subject will find this inexpensive paperbound edition an indispensable reference and a fascinating study of the world's military past.

INDEX

The Index contains the names of all persons and places mentioned significantly in the text. Names of wars and battles used as entry titles in the text are not repeated here, but alternative spellings not included as text cross references are indexed. The Index also contains titles of alliances and treaties, names of battleships that are not used as entry titles, and famous quotations, slogans, catch phrases, and battle cries.

“See” and “See also” references in SMALL CAPITALS direct the reader to entry titles in the body of the book; cross references to other Index entries are indicated by lightface roman type.

Aachen

Aachen, Peace of

Abbeville

Abd-el-Kader

Abd-el-Krim

Abd-er-Rahman I,

Abd-er-Rahman III,

Abd-er-Rahman, Emir of Spain

Abd-er-Rahman, Sultan of Morocco

Abd-er-Rahman Khan

Abdul-Hamid I

Abdul-Hamid II

Abdul-Ilah

Abdul Kerim Pasha

Abdullah et Taaisha, see Khalifa, The

Abdullali ibn-Sa’d

Abdul-Medjid I

Abercrombie, James

Abercromby, Sir Ralph

Aberdeen

Aboukir Bay, see Abukir Bay

Abu Abdullah Mohammed XI

Abu-al-Abbas

Abu-Bakr

Abucay

Abu Hamed

Abukir Bay

Abul Hassan

Abu Sufyan

Abuyog

Achaicus, see Mummius, Lucius

Achillas

Achilles

Acre

“A crow would have had to carry its rations... ,”

Actaeon

Adachi, Matazo

Adams, Samuel

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, Treaty of

Admiral Graf Spee

Admiralty Islands

Adolf Hitler Line

Adrian I, Pope

Adrianople

Adrianople, Treaty of

Aedan of Dalriada

Aëtius, Flavius

Afranius, Lucius

Africanus, see Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius

Agamemnon

Agathocles

Ager Sanguinis

Agesilaus II

Agis III

Agosta, see AUGUSTA

Agricola, Gnaeus Julius

Agrigentum, see ACRAGAS

Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius

Aguinaldo, Emilio

Ahmad Shah Durrani

Ahmed I

Ahmed III

Ahmed Kuprili

Ahmed Mukhtar Pasha

Ahmed Pasha

Ahmet Izzet Pasa

Ahvenanmaa Island

Aisha

Aistulf

Aitape

Aix-en-Provence, see AQUAE SEXTIAE

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of

Akagi

Akbar Khan

Akbar the Great

Akroinon, see ACROÏNUM

Aksehir, see PHILOMELION

Almeida, Francisco de

Alam Haifa

Aland, see AHVENANMAA

Alaric

Alaric II

Alasehir

Al-Ashraf

Ala ud-Din Kaikobad

Albacore

Albemarle, 1st Duke of

Albemarle, 1st Earl of

Albemarle, 3rd Earl of

Albert, Archduke of Austria

Albert I, of Belgium

Albert of Saxe-Teschen, Duke

Albinus, Clodius

Alboin

Albret, Charles d’

Albuquerque, Alfonso de

Albuquerque, Mathias d’

Alcazar, the

Alcibiades

Alcibiades, Albert

Alençon, Jean II d’, Duc

Aleppo

Alexander I, of Bulgaria

Alexander I, of Epirus

Alexander, King of Greece

Alexander III, the Great, of Macedonia

Alexander, Prince of Novgorod, see Nevski, Alexander

Alexander, of Pherae

Alexander I, of Russia

Alexander II, of Russia

Alexander III, of Scotland

Alexander, Sir Harold

Alexander, William

Alexandria, Egypt

Alexandria, La.

Alexishafen

Alexius I Comnenus

Alexi...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Dedication
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• Y
• Z
• APPENDIX (1967—1984)
• SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE DOVER EDITION
• INDEX
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE DOVER EDITION