{"product_id":"the-handy-military-history-answer-book-9781578595099","title":"The Handy Military History Answer Book","description":"Brutality and fear. Heroism and sacrifice. Military history is a fascinating, complex, and often contradictory subject. War and fighting between tribes, clans, groups and countries has been with us forever. Great leaders, great villains, pivotal moments and events become transformative, causing political, social, and technological upheavals, which were often built on the foundation of war. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handy Military History Answer Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a captivating, concise, and convenient look at how the world, the United States, and the lives we lead today have been changed by war and the military. The weapons, leaders, soldiers, battles, tactics, strategies, blunders, technologies, and outcomes are all examined in this powerful primer on the military, its history--and world history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom early Greeks and Romans to Genghis Kahn and other great conquering militaries of the past, continuing on through the civil wars and world wars that shaped the boundaries of today's nations, and to the modern weapons, technologies, guerrilla warfare, and terrorism currently reported in the nightly news, this book investigates everything from the smallest miscalculations and maneuvers to the biggest invasions and battles, as well as the cutting-edge technologies and firepower that led to victories and helped change the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handy Military History Answer Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e looks at the who, the what, the why, and the how of conflicts throughout history. It answers over 1,100 questions, from the mostly widely asked to the more obscure, such as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho cast the first stone (of human history)?\u003cbr\u003eWho were the \"Sea Peoples?\"\u003cbr\u003eIs there anything to the story of Ancient Troy?\u003cbr\u003eCould Alexander the Great have conquered the early Roman Republic?\u003cbr\u003eHow wealthy would each of Alexander's men been had the treasure at Persepolis been divided?\u003cbr\u003eHow many Romans lost their lives at the Battle of Cannae?\u003cbr\u003eWhy did people underestimate Julius Caesar when he was in his thirties?\u003cbr\u003eHow many men, and auxiliary fighters, were there in a Roman legion?\u003cbr\u003eWas the Battle of Actium truly decisive? And what way?\u003cbr\u003eWhich precious metal did the Vikings prefer above all others?\u003cbr\u003eDo we even have his name--Genghis Khan--right?\u003cbr\u003eWho employed the composite bow with greater effectiveness: the Arabs or the Turks?\u003cbr\u003eWhy did Pope Urban II go to central France in 1095?\u003cbr\u003eWhere did Richard the Lion-Heart get his nickname?\u003cbr\u003eWhy on earth did Hitler code-name his invasion of Russia for a German emperor who drowned?\u003cbr\u003eWho was the greater wit: Voltaire or King Frederick the Great?\u003cbr\u003eAbout whom did King George II remark: \"Mad, is he? Well I hope he bites some of my other generals?\"\u003cbr\u003eWhat great poet spent years gathering food and wine for the Spanish Armada?\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the price for King Francis' freedom, in 1526?\u003cbr\u003eHow long did it take to learn how to use the longbow?\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the largest of the cannon brought by the Ottoman Turks to the siege of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003eWho took over when Genghis Khan died (after a fall from his horse)?\u003cbr\u003eWhat did the Franciscan monks say when they returned from Karakorum?\u003cbr\u003eWas Napoleon really not French?\u003cbr\u003eWho won the Battle of the Nile, and how?\u003cbr\u003eWhere was the world's first submarine deployed?\u003cbr\u003eWhen did George Washington have to alter all his plans: and how did he go about making the change?\u003cbr\u003eHow many people died at the Siege of Fort Sumter?\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the worst day of the Civil War, in the Far West?\u003cbr\u003eWhen were balloons first deployed in warfare?\u003cbr\u003eWhere did the name \"Uncle Sam\" come from?\u003cbr\u003eWhat signals did Paul Revere watch for on the evening of April 18, 1775?\u003cbr\u003eWhat did Rasputin have to say about the approach of the First World War?\u003cbr\u003eHow close did Hitler come to victory at Moscow in 1941?\u003cbr\u003eWhat ten days decided the outcome of World War II?\u003cbr\u003eWhat was so special about the B-24?\u003cbr\u003eWhen did the Cold War commence?\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the last action of the Yom Kippur War?\u003cbr\u003eWhat role did Colin Powell play in the run-up to war in Iraq?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Visible Ink Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578595099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Samuel Willard Crompton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660378501276,"sku":"9781578595099","price":46.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_467e78cc-1b06-40bf-8708-724cdeb3e603.jpg?v=1603896612","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-handy-military-history-answer-book-9781578595099","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}