This famous classic, first published in 1851 under the title "Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo," spans 2, 300 years of human history. It is scholarly and authoritative, as well as fair. Creasy's deductions as to the effects of the battles on history are profound. This is a revised 1899 edition by Speed, who added chapters on Gettysburg, Sedan, Santiago and Manila.
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This famous classic, first published in 1851 under the title "Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo," spans 2, 300 years of human history. It is scholarly and authoritative, as well as fair. Creasy's deductions as to the effects of the battles on history are profound. This is a revised 1899 edition by Speed, who added chapters on Gettysburg, Sedan, Santiago and Manila.
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Add this copy of Decisive Battles of the World to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Great Northern Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1898 by D. Appleton and Company.
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Very Good + (The World's Greatest Books) Includes additional battle of Gettysburg written for this edition by Rossiter Johnson and Sedan, by Frank Huntington. 474 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits, facsimile in colors, 9 photogravures, 1 color plate. Top edge gilt with deckled edges, paper label on spine. A clean, unmarked copy of a very handsome book.
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Good. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Front hinge weaken and strengthened with glue. COver worn and soilged with frayed edges. xvii, [1], 474 p. Includes illustrations. This is one of The World's Great Books series, Aldine edition. From Wikipedia: "Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (12 September 1812 17 January 1878) was an English historian. He was born in Bexley, England. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and called to the Bar in 1837 In 1840, he began teaching history at the University of London. He was knighted in 1860 and assumed the position of Chief Justice of Ceylon. Creasy died in London on 17 January 1878. Creasy's best known contribution to literature is his Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). Other works include; Historical and Critical Account of the Several Invasions of England (1852), History of the Ottoman Turks, The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution, and Imperial and Colonial Institutions of the British Empire (1872). Academically, Creasy's work is of a high standard, featuring original texts among his writings. For example, the quoted comment 'without horse' is followed by a Greek text to that effect in the Marathon Battle account. This feature, along with his detailed explanations of sources, and often of their sources, makes his work of enduring value. Creasy's most famous work, the Fifteen Battles, reveals much about 19th century European sentiment, being laced with explicit references to the deplorable barbarism and immorality of non-Europeans. Indeed, the reason Creasy gives for the significance of many of the fifteen battles, is the very fact that they denied Middle Eastern / Far Eastern people groups access to European soil. Examples include the defeat of the Persians at Marathon, Persian defeat at Arbela, the defeat of Hasdrubal at Metaurus, Attila the Hun's defeat at Chalons, Charles Martel's defeat of the Moors at Tours. Other battles are seen as "decisive" because they shaped the development of Britain, which was the world's leading power at the time of writing: the Norman Conquest at the Battle of Hastings, the defeat of the Spanish Armada and of the French at Blenheim and Waterloo, although also the weakening of the British Empire by the independence of the USA-in 1851 nothing like the global power she would later become-won at Saratoga. Coming as he does, just before Darwin, Creasy's world-view is notably one of 'enlightenment', and he sees Europe as the keeper of civilization. His thinking is eurocentric, and he describes Christianity as a gift to Europe, which it alone could deserve. He shares with most Post-Waterloo, 19th century writers the illusion that world peace has been achieved by enlightened Man."
