Creasy, Edward Shepherd Sir 1812-1878

Fifteen decisive battles of the world by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
197 editions published between 1851 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,885 libraries worldwide
Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen decisive battles of the world has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasy's work such a classic--it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth. Furthermore, his selections seem as wise and well-considered today as when Fifteen decisive battles first appeared in 1851: Nobody since has made better ones, nor given us better accounts. Apart from the scholarship and literary skill of Creasy's book, there is another reason it has endured: Creasy was essentially fair-minded. He had been a judge, and when he became England's great military critic and historian, he maintained a thoroughly judicial attitude. He was not a British partisan, nor French, nor German--he was a cosmopolitan observer of great events. Out of 2300 years, Creasy only found fifteen battles which he called decisive in the highest sense. He chose them not for the number of killed and wounded, nor for their status in myth and lore, but because they fundamentally changed the course of world history. In doing so, he made his book a miniature military history of the western world, a classic that will repay continued study for generations to come, as it has for generations.

Decisive battles of the world by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
27 editions published between 1898 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 672 libraries worldwide
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The rise and progress of the English constitution by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
111 editions published between 1853 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 559 libraries worldwide
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History of the Ottoman Turks by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
13 editions published between 1877 and 1968 in 3 languages and held by 417 libraries worldwide

The fifteen decisive battles of the world from Marathon to Waterloo by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
60 editions published between 1851 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 380 libraries worldwide

First platform of international law by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
7 editions published between 1876 and 1998 in English and held by 274 libraries worldwide

Turkey by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
17 editions published between 1906 and 1939 in English and Undetermined and held by 184 libraries worldwide
The history is organized in strictly chronological order and is primarily a political history. The contents include: rise of the Ottoman Empire from 1250-1520; the culmination of power under Suleiman and the beginning of the decline 1520-1699; the decline of the empire 1703-1792; and modern Turkey, 1792-1928. Much of the modern Turkey section is focused on the years during and preceding World War I. The Balkan States history focuses almost exclusively upon those nations during and after WWI. "The Balkan Problem 1453-1914" begins this history. Each chapter subsequently focuses on a state during and after the war.

History of the Ottoman Turks : from the beginning of their empire to the present time by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
25 editions published between 1858 and 2007 in English and held by 170 libraries worldwide

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne ( Book )
2 editions published between 1891 and 1892 in English and held by 102 libraries worldwide

The imperial and colonial constitutions of the Britannic empire, including Indian institutions by Edward Shepherd Creasy ( Book )
6 editions published in 1872 in English and held by 89 libraries worldwide