Outnumbered miraculous stories of incredible victories against the odds / Cormac O'Brien.
| Author/creator | O'Brien, Cormac, 1967- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, |
| Description | 263 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Salamis, 480 BCE : Greek audacity and courage defy the world's greatest empire -- Issus, 333 BCE : a martial storm out of Macedon sweeps into mighty Persia -- Cannae, 216 BCE : Hannibal's masterpiece thrashes Rome and creates a legend -- Carrhae, 53 BCE : 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 -- Hakata Bay, 1281 : Japanese courage and the mighty elements defy the great Khan -- Agincourt, 1415 : flight of the Bodkins on St. Crispin's Day -- Narva, 1700 : Sweden's finest hour and a king's coming of age -- Leuthen, 1757 : Frederick the Great steals victory from the jaws of defeat -- Auerstedt, 1806 : France avenges the disaster of Rossbach -- Chancellorsville, 1863 : Hooker came, he saw, he got conquered -- Rorke's drift, 1879 : modern arms and British grit achieve the incredible -- Tannenberg, 1914 : Russia impaled on the spike of the pickelhaube -- The fall of Singapore, 1942 : a brilliant Japanese gambit steals the Gibraltar of the East -- Bir Hakeim, 1942 : holding back Rommel with wings and a prayer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009038796 |
| ISBN | 9781592334056 |
| ISBN | 1592334059 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |