The Decisive Battles of World History

Bibliography

Morgan, David. The Mongols. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.

Probably still the best general survey of the overall history of the Mongols,

by a leading authority.

Morrison, J., J. F. Coates, and N. B. Rankov. Athenian Trireme: The History

and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship. Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 2000. Interesting account of the project to build the

Olympias, a reconstructed Greek trireme, and explore its abilities.

Nicolle, David. Yarmuk 636 AD. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1994. Clear

overview of the battle and associated campaign, with nice illustrations.

———. Hattin 1187: Saladin’s Greatest Victory. Oxford: Osprey Publishing,

1993. Solid, short account of the campaign, armies, and personalities
      involved.

Park, Yune-Hee. Yi-Sun Shin and His Turtleboat Armada. Seoul: Shinsaeng

Press, 1973. Entertaining but less scholarly account of the admiral’s life and

achievements.

Peers, C. Soldiers of the Dragon: Chinese Armies, 1500 BC–AD 1840.

Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006. Handy compendium of Osprey titles that

covers weapons, tactics, and organization of Chinese armies over a long

stretch of time, including the Tang dynasty.

Pleshakov, Constantine. The Tsar’s Last Armada. New York: Basic Books,

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and the Battle of Tsushima that is particularly good on quoting Russian

sources.

Plutarch, Life of Flamininus. Biography of the Roman general by the

ancient Greek author.

Pocock, Tom, ed. Trafalgar: An Eyewitness History. New York: Penguin,

2005. Useful and enlightening collection of eyewitness accounts of the battle
      and the key people involved.