Joseph Cummins is the author of The War Chronicles, History's Great Untold Stories: Larger Than Life Characters and Dramatic Events That Changed the World. His other books include Turn Around and Run Like Hell: Unconventional Military Strategies That Worked, History's Greatest Hits, and Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks and October Surprises in America's Presidential Campaigns.
"The second half of Joe Cummins's remarkable chronicle is as
impressive as the first. Incorporating a staggering amount of
research into a cleverly organized volume, he charts the evolution
of modern war from the early modern era to our own. Fascinating and
eminently accessible."--Cormac O'Brien, author of The Forgotten
History of America and Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents
Praise for the first volume of The War Chronicles: From Chariots to
Flintlocks: "...Cummins offers short, chronological narratives of
dozens of subjects, from the Greco-Persian Wars and King Leonidas
through the American Revolution and Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne.
Featuring strong color images, it is an easily navigated
compilation with time lines and wide-ranging subpieces that add
interest...it is also simply a fun book that you might pick up over
and over to check your memory of, say, the Battle of
Poltava."--Library Journal
There is great narrative here--really great narrative history--but
readers of military history will especially appreciate the book's
unique format which spotlights the salient facts of each conflict.
Chronology, Combatants, Commanders, Theater of War, Casualties, and
Turning Point, which recounts in gripping detail the battle in
which the war was lost or won.--Thomas J. Craughwell, author of The
Second Largest Empire in the World, Failures of the Presidents, and
Stealing Lincoln's Body
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