5 Volumes
1,954 Pages
1,518 Entries
77 Maps
50 Sidebars
319 Photographs
Time Line of
    Wars and Battles
Wars and Battles Listed by
    Geographical Area
Military Leaders Listed by
    Geographical Area
General Bibliography
Categorized List of Entries
Personages Index
Battles and Wars Index
General Subject Index

Articles
Alexander the Great
The Cypriot War
Military Intelligence

Other Elements
Index
Table of Contents


Recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries.

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Reference Books Bulletin  

This guide will serve users in public, high school, and undergraduate libraries.

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Gale Group  

A one-stop resource for military history and related fields.

Choice  

Highly recommended.

The Book Report  

The most comprehensive single work on military history in print. Essential.

Library Journal  

Magill's guide is a good, quick source for information and for short bibliographies of secondary studies. It is appropriate for all types of libraries.

American Reference  
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Magills Guide to Military History

Editor: John Powell, Cumberland College
ISBN: 978-0-89356-014-0
List Price: $473

March 2001 · 5 volumes · 1,954 pages · 8"x10"

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Magill's Guide to Military History

Salem Press's five-volume set Magill's Guide to Military History presents a survey of wars, battles, people, and groups and civilizations that played an important role in worldwide military history, from ancient times to the twenty-first century. The 1518 entries range from 150-word definitions of terms to 3000-word survey essays on important military topics.

The entries are presented in alphabetical order, with ready-reference top matter highlighting pertinent information such as date, location, military significance of people and groups, and the result of wars and battles. Subheads such as "Background," "Action," and "Aftermath" make the essays on wars and conflicts easy to understand. Each essay contains a short list of resources and up-to-date books, articles, and films for further study.

The set also has a time line of wars and battles, as well as a bibliography and listing of military history Web sites. In order for readers to gain a geographical perspective, the set provides two lists: one categorizing personages and the other categorizing wars and battles by geographical area. A separate categorized list of all entries makes it easy for the reader to find all the entries that cover a particular subject area, such as "Civil War" or "Naval Battles." Finding a particular topic is made easy by the inclusion of a General Index, plus a Personages Index and a Battles and Wars Index.


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