The Killing Game: A Thousand Years of Warfare in Twenty Battles
The second millennium of mankind has been characterised by almost incessant warfare somewhere on the face of the globe. The Art of War in Twenty Battles serves as a snapshot of the development of warfare over the past 1,000 years, illustrating the bravery and suffering mankind has inflicted upon itself in developing what we call the ‘Art of War’.

Here military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones selects twenty battles that illustrate the changing face of warfare over the past thousand years – from the Viking shield wall to long bows and knights, the emergence of gunpowder and finally the long-range faceless warfare of today. This is a look at the killing game and its devastating impact.

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The Killing Game: A Thousand Years of Warfare in Twenty Battles
The second millennium of mankind has been characterised by almost incessant warfare somewhere on the face of the globe. The Art of War in Twenty Battles serves as a snapshot of the development of warfare over the past 1,000 years, illustrating the bravery and suffering mankind has inflicted upon itself in developing what we call the ‘Art of War’.

Here military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones selects twenty battles that illustrate the changing face of warfare over the past thousand years – from the Viking shield wall to long bows and knights, the emergence of gunpowder and finally the long-range faceless warfare of today. This is a look at the killing game and its devastating impact.

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The Killing Game: A Thousand Years of Warfare in Twenty Battles

The Killing Game: A Thousand Years of Warfare in Twenty Battles

by Anthony Tucker-Jones
The Killing Game: A Thousand Years of Warfare in Twenty Battles

The Killing Game: A Thousand Years of Warfare in Twenty Battles

by Anthony Tucker-Jones

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Overview

The second millennium of mankind has been characterised by almost incessant warfare somewhere on the face of the globe. The Art of War in Twenty Battles serves as a snapshot of the development of warfare over the past 1,000 years, illustrating the bravery and suffering mankind has inflicted upon itself in developing what we call the ‘Art of War’.

Here military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones selects twenty battles that illustrate the changing face of warfare over the past thousand years – from the Viking shield wall to long bows and knights, the emergence of gunpowder and finally the long-range faceless warfare of today. This is a look at the killing game and its devastating impact.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750983488
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 04/02/2018
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

ANTHONY TUCKER-JONES spent nearly twenty years in the British Intelligence Community before establishing himself as a defence writer and military historian. He has written extensively on aspects of Second World War warfare, including Hitler’s Great Panzer Heist and Stalin’s Revenge: Operation Bagration.

Table of Contents

Cacophony of War 7

Introduction The Killing Game 9

1 The Vikings are Coming - Fulford Gate 1066 13

2 Chivalry in Armour - Northallerton 1138 30

3 Destruction of the Crusaders - Homs 1281 44

4 Triumph of the Bow - Crécy 1346 56

5 When Roses Clash - Bosworth 1485 68

6 Rape of the New World-Tenochtitlan 1521 82

7 Bastion of Christendom - St Elmo 1565 98

8 No Surrender, No Quarter - Magdeburg 1631 113

9 Turning Point - Lostwithiel 1644 130

10 Sword v. Musket - Falkirk 1746 146

11 An Army Divided-Wavre 1815 162

12 Spear v. Rifle - Isandhlwana 1879 178

13 Tank v. Tank -Villers-Bretonneux 1918 194

14 Blitz but no Krieg - Britain 1940 204

15 Storming the Beaches - D-Day 1944 218

16 The Great River Crossing - The Rhine 1945 231

17 A Very Modern Siege - Khe Sanh 1968 244

18 Triumph in the Air - Bekaa Valley 1982 259

19 A Show of Force - Khafji 1991 271

20 Asymmetric Warfare-Tora Bora 2001 283

21 Softwar & Cyberwar-The New Battlefields 294

Bibliography 298

Acknowledgements 311

Index 313

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