Military History's Top 10 Lists

By M. Evans Brooks

This insightful and entertaining volume chronicles 700 of the most outlandish commanders, battles and accomplishments in military history, covering the wars, the personalities, the literature and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517221748
• ISBN13: 9780517221747
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Gramercy
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 1.2" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Nice little resource

I teach a Military History class and use this book constantly. With an 85 minute class we sometimes have a couple of minutes left before class ends; this book gives us something meaningful to do at the end of the day.The topics are interesting and lead to much discussion. My students do not always agree with the list and they conduct research which they present to the class for further discussion. My husband actually ordered another copy of the book because the first book has never returned home.

So that is where he' ranked!

I loved this book because it is the author's point of view in which he delineates his top 10 (sometimes more) items for a particular battle, general, weapon, etc. Some of the orders confused me but with his explanation of why he ranked them that way I could see a lot of them. It also got me to doing a lot more research on a bunch of topics due to the information the author included. If you are a military buff (like me) then I would highly recommend this book. It gives you another person's view with supported evidence on the top 10 in numerous categories. Read it!

Very good for its kind

Of course, no book like _Military History's Top 10 Lists_ could go into the detail of any of its many topics. But it does provide a wonderful way to point you in a direction of special interest and for that reason it is quite entertaining. It contains probably as many as 100 lists of "top 10." For instance, the top 10 generals, top 10 guerrilla leaders, 4 different lists of top 10 war movies, and even such things as the top 10 horses in military history. Obviously, there will often be lists that do not contain a particular item you think important but we cannot all agree. The short lists make it a perfect book to read a little at a time or skimming about back and forth as the fancy grabs you in no particular order. A great gift for the military historiphile.