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" Outnumbered : "
Cormac O'Brien
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BL
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694960
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b517149
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| Main Entry
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O'Brien, Cormac,1967-
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| Title & Author
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Outnumbered : : incredible stories of history's most surprising battlefield upsets /\ Cormac O'Brien
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| Publication Statement
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Beverly, MA :: Fair Winds Press,, 2010
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263 pages :: illustrations (some color), color maps ;; 24 cm
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1592334059
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: 9781592334056
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Salamis, 480 BCE : Greek audacity and courage defy the world's greatest empire -- Issus, 333 BCE : Alexander the Great leads a martial storm into mighty Persia -- Cannae, 216 BCE : Hannibal's masterpiece thrashes Rome and creates a legend -- Carrhae, 53 BCE : Roman arms become trapped between the scorching sun and the wrath of Parthia -- Alesia, 52 BCE : Caesar shows his enemies the meaning of Roman tenacity -- Tricamarum, 533 : Byzantium's finest take on the Germanic corsairs of North Africa -- Agincourt, 1415 : French chivalry endures the flight of the Bodkins on St. Crispin's Day -- Narva, 1700 : a king's coming of age meets Sweden's finest hour -- Leuthen, 1757 : Frederick the Great steals victory from the jaws of defeat -- Auerstedt, 1806 : France's Iron Marshall avenges the disaster of Rossbach -- Chancellorsville, 1863 : Hooker came, he saw, he got conquered -- Rorke's Drift, 1879 : modern arms and raw nerve achieve the incredible -- Tannenberg, 1914 : Russia is impaled on the spike of the pickelhaube -- Singapore, 1942 : a brilliant Japanese gambit steals the Gibraltar of the East
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Battles-- History, Anecdotes
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Military art and science-- History, Anecdotes
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Military history, Anecdotes
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355.0209
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D25.5.O23 2010
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