Numbers in History (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Hans Delbrück

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330523199 ISBN 13 : 9781330523193

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how battlefield ideas from antiquity to the early Middle Ages reshaped empires, armies, and world history. This book surveys ancient tactics, famous campaigns, and the rise of professional armies, showing how numbers and strategy changed the fate of civilizations.

From Hannibal’s mastery at Cannae to Scipio’s reforms at Zama, you’ll see how leaders turned small battalions into decisive forces. The text reflects on the shift from citizen armies to professional soldiers, and how military power intertwined with politics, religion, and empire-building. It also ties these lessons to later eras, including the impact of barbarians, emperors, and the church on warfare.

• How tactical ideas and battlefield formations influenced major victories and losses.


• How Rome evolved from a citizen army to a professional force and why that mattered.


• Connections between military change, politics, and religious authority across history.


• Grounded explanations of famous campaigns and the rulers who shaped them.

Ideal for readers of military history and classical studies who want a clear, chronological view of how numbers and tactics drive historical change.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Numbers in History

Historians of our day are supposed to study one period or the other of the history of mankind, because nobody, not even the greatest scholar, would be able to master history on the whole. But it is not sufficient to divide the researches by periods of time, because periods are not to be understood by themselves only, but must be always illustrated by the preceding and following times, and even by times very far apart, throwing their light by analogies. To profit by this kind of elucidation, we are forced to divide the work of historical research not only in breadth, but also in length.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330523199
• ISBN 13: 9781330523193
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
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