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The War Chronicles Vol. 1
From Chariots to Flintlocks
New Perspectives on the Two Thousand Years of Bloodshed That Shaped the Modern World

by Joseph Cummins



      With its easy to digest format, this history looks at twenty-two armed conflicts, beginning with the Greco-Persian Wars (500-449 BC) and the Punic Wars (264-146 BC) and concluding with the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and the American Revolution (1775-83).

Along the way the author discusses other important wars such as the Norman Conquests (1066-71), the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) and the Ottoman-Hapsburg War (1663-1718). Over 170 illustrations along with biographies of the key players in each conflict are included in this informative work that also illuminates the meaning and consequences of these clashes that shaped the modern world.

The Book

Fair Winds / Quayside
September 1, 2008
Hardcover
9781592332960
History / War
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The Reviewer

Bob Walch
Reviewed 2009
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