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1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History

1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History( )
General Editor: Grant, R. G.
Preface by: Ham, Paul
Series title:1001 Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7333-2955-5
Publication Date:Aug 2011
Publisher:ABC Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $65.00
Book Description:

From small-scale battles of the ancient world to devastating modern conflicts, this book provides a definitive and comprehensive record of the armed combats that have shaped the political and cultural landscape of the world in which we live. 1001 BATTLES THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY is an essential guide to the most intense, dramatic, important, and extraordinary conflicts over the last 5000 years and the consequences of those clashes on societies around the globe.

Book Details
Pages:960
Detailed Subjects: History / Military / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):17.3 x 21.4 x 6 cm
Book Weight:2.062 Kilograms
Author Biography
(General Editor)
Paul Ham is an Australian historian, journalist and author, He was born in Sydney, Australia in 1960. He earned his master's degree in economic history from the London School of Economics. He began working for the London Sunday Times in 1998 as their Australia correspondent.

He is the author of Kokoda (2004), Vietnam: The Australian War (2007), Hiroshima Nagasaki (2011), Sandakan: The Untold Story of the Sandakan Death Marches (2012), 1914: The Year the World Ended (2013), and Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth (2017). He won the Queensland Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2014 for his work, 1914: The Year the World Ended. He also received the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Nonfiction for Passchendaele: Requiem for Doomed Youth. His other work includes 1913, The Target Committee, and Honey, We Forgot the Kids (co-authored with psychotherapist Bernie Brown).

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