Battles:: A Concise Dictionary

By Ian V. Hogg

Book Overview

Over 500 crucial battles from earliest times to contemporary guerrilla struggles are described in detail. Based on new research, each entry contains all relevant facts and figures. Not only are events... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 015600397X
• ISBN13: 9780156003971
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Harvest Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

It Could Have Been More...

While like another commenter stated, this IS a CONCISE dictionary of battles from A to Z. I wish it were larger and went into more depth like the order of battle, tactics, terrain locations, etc. One thing that would have made this book a total WINNER would have been to have COLOR pictures of how the battles were won (or lost). Heck, even some line drawings would have helped. Ian Hogg is usually "on target" with details such as this, but he came up a little low off of the "ten ring" on this one. Still, I do recommend it, simply becasue it does have ALL major battles from various wars at one's fingertips. And besides, who can lug around the history of the world under their arms these days when someone ask you that weird war question? Not bad for the money....shop for a used copy to get the best deal. B.G.

Good Encyclopedic Account of History's Pivotal Battles

This book is truly exactly what it says, "A concise Dictionary of Battles." Detailing every major battle or military happening from Marathon to Bosnia, this book does an efficient job at outlining the major battles of history with as much information as one could imagine fitting into a paragraph on battles that often result in entire volumes being written to say the same thing. This book will be a disappintment to someone searching for a detailed account of anything, but it would certainly be a great buy for a student in need of general military history who desires a efficient account the greatest battles of history without having to read a 500 page book to find what is quickly presented by Hogg. A buy worth its price without question.