Desantis marc g (11 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Dust Jacket. 261 pp. Tightly bound. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.Very good dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: The lower corners are bumped. As a result, please consider this a good reading copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Clean copy. May have remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condición: NEW. Estado de la sobrecubierta: NEW.

Hardcover. Condición: Used-Very Good. dj. Cloth, dj. Bright, clean copy in fine dj.

Condición: New. Hardback, 261 pagesPublished Price £19.99 Naval power played a vital role in the Peloponnesian War. The conflict pitted Athens against a powerful coalition including the preeminent land power of the day, Sparta. Only Athens superior fleet, her wooden walls , by protecting her vital supply routes allowed her to survive. It also allowed the strategic freedom of movement to strike back where she chose, most famously at Sphacteria, where a Spartan force was cut off and forced to surrender. Athens initial tactical superiority was demonstrated at the Battle of Chalcis, where her ships literally ran rings round the opposition but this gap closed as her enemies adapted. The great amphibious expedition to Sicily was a watershed, a strategic blunder compounded by tactical errors which brought defeat and irreplaceable losses. Although Athens continued to win victories at sea, at Arginusae for example, her naval strength had been severely weakened while the Spartans built up their fleets with Persian subsidies. It was another naval defeat, at Aegispotomi (405 BC) that finally sealed Athens fate. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. In 264 BCE, when the Romans first went to war with Carthage, they had no navy, relying instead on ships from South Italian cities. However, when the Punic Wars ended more than a century later, Rome had developed a powerful fleet, which would prove vital for imperial expansion. DeSantis traces the growth of this naval supremacy and discusses the tactics that made it possible, such as the boarding-bridge by which the superior Roman infantry simply walked onto the enemy's decks.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. H/B copy in Very Good Condition. The book is clean and Tightly bound throughout. D/J is in Very Good Condition, With no rips or tears. No Inscriptions. Free Postage within the UK.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Original silver lettered blue cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New hardback copies at a reduced price.; Maps; +xivpp.; 261 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 261 pages. 9.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains plans and maps, 253 pp. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £19.99. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROMAN EMPIRE (Romanum).…