Outnumbered miraculous stories of incredible victories against the odds / Cormac O'Brien.

Author/creator O'Brien, Cormac, 1967-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBeverly, MA : Fair Winds Press,
Description263 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009038796
ISBN9781592334056
ISBN1592334059

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