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The Handy Military History Answer Book
By Crompton, Samuel Willard
- ISBN
- 9781578595099 9781578595518
- Publisher
- Visible Ink
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Reviewed on March 1, 2015 | Reference
Beginning with 3,000 BCE, Crompton (The Handy Civil War Answer Book) chronicles the military battles of humankind through 2014. Fifteen chapters divide the text into broad categories: "Empires and Barbarians"; "Age of Revolution"; "Nationalities and Grim Practicalities"; "From Coal to Oil"; and "Resource Wars and Religious Conflicts," among others. Within those chapters, seemingly arbitrary and often contrived questions are posed and then answered...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
