The Decisive Battles of World History

History Topic Military Subtopic Couurse GGuiddeebook Professor Gregory S. Aldrete UniiversityofWWisconsin–GreenBay The Decisive ...

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i Gregory S. Aldrete, Ph.D. Frankenthal Professor of History and Humanistic Studies University of Wisconsin–Green Bay P rofessor ...

iiii Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities in Madison. Additionally, he was chosen as a fellow of two NEH s ...

iii Table of Contents LECTURE GUIDES INTRODUCTION ...

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Table of Contents vi SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Bibliography ........................................................................ ...

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Scope Naturally, the lectures provide clear and vivid accounts of the campaigns and battles themselves, but they also offer in-d ...

are today. Battles have served as the catalysts for many of the key turning points in the human story, and it is impossible to f ...

Lecture 1: Lecture 1: What Makes a Battle Decisive? What Makes a Battle Decisive? .............................................. ...

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Lecture 1: What Makes a Battle Decisive? o During the American Civil War, did a messenger’s carelessness result in the loss of v ...

Other Considerations x Over the next 36 lectures, we will rummage through nearly 4, years of history and travel all around the ...

Lecture 1: What Makes a Battle Decisive? x Although this course is by no means a comprehensive history of warfare, it will inev ...

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Lecture 2: 1274 B.C. Kadesh—Greatest Chariot Battle 1274 B.C. Kadesh—Greatest Chariot Battle ................................... ...

o It resulted in one of the world’s earliest peace treaties whose full terms have survived. o It affected the course of ancient ...

Lecture 2: 1274 B.C. Kadesh—Greatest Chariot Battle The Egyptian Army and Its Technology x The Egyptian army consisted of four ...