The Decisive Battles of World History

Bibliography

Sears, Stephan. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam. New York:

Mariner Books, 2003. Good, detailed account of the battle, with many

eyewitness quotes and nice maps.

Sekunda, Nick, and John Warry. Alexander the Great. Oxford: Osprey

Publishing, 2004. Well-illustrated book on Alexander that focuses heavily on

his battles and his role as a general.

Shaw, Ian, and Daniel Boatright. “Ancient Egyptian Warfare.” In The

Ancient World at War: A Global History, edited by Philip de Souza, pp.

29–45. London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. Up-to-date summary of Egyptian

warfare and tactics in a volume that is an excellent introduction to ancient

warfare generally.

Shepherd, William. Plataea 479 BC: The Most Glorious Victory Ever Seen.

Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012. Probably the best general introduction to

the battle. A solid entry in the Osprey “campaign” series.

Sheppard, S. Actium 31 BC. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2009. Nice general

account of the battle and the campaign leading up to it.

Singh, Harjeet. Cannons versus Elephants: The Battles of Panipat. New

Delhi: Pentagon, 2011. Detailed look at the three battles of Panipat by a

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Stacey, C. P. Quebec 1759: The Siege and the Battle. Montreal: Robin

Brass, 2002. Excellent, well-balanced study of the campaign for Quebec

that includes particularly good illustrations, as well as a useful series of

appendices of primary source documents.

Steinberg, Jonathan. Bismarck: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press,

2011. Detailed biography of the statesman that is often critical of its subject.

Stoye, John. The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and

Crescent. New York: Pegasus Books, 2000 (1964). Classic work on the

siege. Getting a bit old but still solid.