The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic - Hardcover

O'Connell, Robert L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400067022 ISBN 13: 9781400067022

Verlag: Random House Inc, 2010

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A dramatic account of the violent ancient battle traces the massive defeat of the huge but inexperienced Roman army by Hannibal's forces, interpreting the larger course of the Second Punic War and the often-disastrous ways in which the battle has been imitated throughout history.

Biografía del autor:

Robert L. O’Connell has worked as a senior analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center, as a contributing editor to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, and most recently as a visiting professor at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is the author of Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression; Sacred Vessels: The Cult of the Battleship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy; Ride of the Second Horseman: The Birth and Death of War; Soul of the Sword: An Illustrated History of Weaponry and Warfare from Prehistory to the Present; and the novel Fast Eddie.

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• Verlag: Random House Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1400067022
• ISBN 13: 9781400067022
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310