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Wars That Changed History This page intentionally left blank Wars That Changed History 50 of the World’s Greatest Conflicts Spencer C. Tucker Copyright © 2015 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tucker, Spencer, 1937– Wars that changed history : 50 of the world’s greatest conflicts / Spencer C. Tucker. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61069-785-9 (alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61069-786-6 (ebook) 1. Military history. 2. War—History. I. Title. D25.T83 2015 355.0209—dc23 2015005734 ISBN: 978-1-61069-785-9 EISBN: 978-1-61069-786-6 19 18 17 16 15 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America For Jack and Dana McCallum, who were with us from the beginning. This page intentionally left blank Contents Chronological Entry List, ix Alphabetical Entry List, xi Preface, xiii Entries, 1 Index, 581 vii This page intentionally left blank Chronological Entry List Thutmose III’s Campaigns (ca. 1479– Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648) 161 1459 BCE) 1 Great Northern War (1700–1721) 182 Greco-Persian Wars War of the Spanish Succession (499–479 BCE) 4 (1701–1714) 194 Peloponnesian Wars War of the Austrian Succession (460–404 BCE) 14 (1740–1748) 208 Wars of Alexander the Great Carnatic Wars (1746–1748, 1749–1754, (335–323 BCE) 24 and 1757–1763) 217 Punic Wars (264–146 BCE) 34 French and Indian War Qin Wars of Unification (1754–1763) 223 (230–221 BCE) 51 Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) 232 Gallic Wars (58–51 BCE) 56 American Revolutionary War Caesarian-Pompeian Civil War (1775–1783) 245 (49–45 BCE) 63 French Revolutionary Wars Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire (1792–1802) 259 (363–476) 71 Napoleonic Wars (1803–1814, Muslim Wars of Expansion 1815) 279 (623–732) 79 Greek War of Independence Charlemagne’s Wars (772–814) 91 (1821–1832) 311 Norman Conquest (1066) 96 Opium Wars (1839–1842, 1856–1860) 317 Crusades (1096–1291) 100 Mexican-American War Mongol Conquests (1206–1287) 113 (1846–1848) 322 Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) 125 Wars of Italian Unification Aztec-Spanish War (1519–1521) 143 (1848–1870) 330 Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) 149 Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864) 344 Imjin War (1592–1598) 155 American Civil War (1861–1865) 348 ix
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