Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index.
Contents
Waging wars -- Thermopylae and Salamis: turning points in the Persian invasion of Greece -- Battle of Watling Street: finishing the Roman conquest of southern Britain -- Battle of Baghdad: Mongolian expansion -- Taking down Tenochtitlán: Spanish takeover of the Aztec Empire -- Battle of Saratoga: a strong American stand against Britain -- Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia -- Battle of Antietam: American vs. American in the Civil War -- Verdun and the Somme: World War I -- Battle of Stalingrad: massive street fight of World War II -- Battle of the Bulge: a cold American stand in World War II.