The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 BC to the Present

By R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy

An updated and revised version of this classic compendium of the military history of the world. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062700561
• ISBN13: 9780062700568
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: HarperResource
• Length: 1736 Pages
• Weight: 5.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.8" x 7.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Essential Military History Reference

This book is worth its weight in gold. It's best selling point, I believe, is that it offers a tight chronological narrative of warfare from Ancient to Modern Times (into 20th century) that really can't be found elsewhere. What's more, virtually every battle or siege, even obscure ones that don't show up in military history surveys, are covered. The book shares one drawback with historical sources in general in that the numbers...

Best Single-Volume Military History Book Ever

I originally bought this book in 1978 for $25. I only replaced it with the new addition in the year 2001. This book is the definitive one-volume work on military history---nothing else can compare to it. All the battles are there and there are many helpful diagrams. The opposing forces and casualties are listed for almost every battle. Included in the book is an excellent bibliography---if you read every work there you should...

Indispensible Reference

As a historian and army officer this is the first book I turn to when I want to know about a campaign or battle. After that I can look elsewhere for more information. This book has outstanding information on non-western battles and campaigns. It also rates the greatest leaders in each historical period. While one may not always agree with the authors, they are willing to take a stand and offer their evaluations.

An amazing work

This book is one of the best additions to my bookshelf in a long time. It is humongous, but instead of tracing every important event in human history as so many of these types of books do, it traces the evolution of military and warfare, it records almost every single battle ever (a few are excluded for space reasons), it has pictures and all kinds of cross-referencing indexes at the back.This book is divided into chapters...

A wealth of information for any military history fan.

One of the most comprehensive works of military history available, this is a must-have for anyone interested in the subject. Not only does this work detail every significant recorded military conflict since 3500 BC, but it sheds light on the methods, tactics, weapons, leaders, technologies, great captains, and innovations with which these conflicts were fought. Truly, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy's work should...