The Decisive Battles of World History

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Hammond, N. G. L. “The Campaign and Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197
BC.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 108 (1988), pp. 60–82. Scholarly
article reconstructing the battle and the events that led up to it.


Hassig, Ross. Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. Informative scholarly
study of the military system used by the Aztecs to conquer and maintain their
empire.


Healy, Mark. The Warrior Pharaoh: Rameses II and the Battle of Qadesh.
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1993. Good basic overview of Ramesses and
Kadesh aimed at a general audience.


Heckel, Waldemar, and Ryan Jones. Macedonian Warrior. Oxford: Osprey
Publishing, 2006. Good, well-illustrated survey on the training of, and
especially the equipment used by, the Macedonian phalanx.


Hemming, John. The Conquest of the Incas. New York: Harcourt, 1970.
Standard narrative that includes a full description of the rebellions and
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Herodotus. The Landmark Herodotus. Robert Strassler, ed. New York:
Pantheon Books, 2007. Excellent edition of all of Herodotus’s Histories,
with translation, notes, maps, and useful appendices.


———. Histories Book IX. Michael Flower and John Marincola, eds. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. A scholarly commentary on the
main ancient source for Plataea; contains useful information in the notes.


Herwig, Holger. The Marne: The Opening of World War I and the Battle
That Changed the World. New York: Random House, 2009. Solid coverage
of the battle and surrounding events.


Hibbert, Christopher. Wolfe at Quebec. New York: The World Publishing
Company, 1959. Older, somewhat hagiographic but entertaining biography
of Wolfe.

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