Polybius. History of Rome. Account of Rome’s conquest of the Greek east,
including the fullest description of the Battle of Cynoscephalae, by an
ancient Greek historian.
Portal, J., ed. The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 2007. Excellent, well-illustrated collection of
articles on Shi Huangdi and his tomb by various scholars.
Prange, Gordon. Miracle at Midway. New York: McGraw Hill, 1982.
Popular, highly readable retelling of the battle that somewhat exaggerates it
as a mismatch.
Reid, S. Quebec 1759. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. Short but solid
account with nice maps.
Riley-Smith, J. S. C. The Crusades: A History. New Haven: Yale University
Press, 2005. Good, accessible, one-volume account of the overall story of
the Crusades by a leading historian of the subject.
Robinson, Charles. The Spanish Invasion of Mexico. London: Osprey
Publishing, 2004. A brief but well-balanced and well-illustrated introduction
to the story of the conquest.
Sandhu, G. S. A Military History of Medieval India. New Delhi: Vision,
- Comprehensive survey of a long span of Indian warfare, covering
everything from weapons to logistics.
Sansom, George. A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford: Stanford
University Press, 1961. Volume 3 of a multipart series on Japan that offers
good if somewhat dated coverage of the political situation leading up to
Sekigahara, as well as describing the battle.
Sawyer, R. Ancient Chinese Warfare. New York: Basic Books, 2011.
Detailed look at Chinese warfare that focuses almost exclusively on its
earliest periods.