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The Punic Wars

  • Imprint: Pimlico

  • ISBN: 9780712666084

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 234mm x 27mm x 153mm

  • Weight: 446g

  • RRP: £20.00

The Punic Wars

  • Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean

The Punic Wars (264-146BC) sprang from a mighty power struggle between two ancient civilisations - the trading empire of Carthage and the military confedoration of Rome. It was a period of astonishing human misfortune, lasting over a period of 118 years and resulting in the radical depletion of Rome's population and resources and the complete annihilation of Carthage.

All this took place more than 2,000 years ago, yet, as Nigel Bagnall's comprehensive history demonstrates, the ancient conflict is remarkable for its contemporary revelance.

  • Imprint: Pimlico

  • ISBN: 9780712666084

  • Length: 368  Pages

  • Dimensions: 234mm x 27mm x 153mm

  • Weight: 446g

  • RRP: £20.00

Reviews

  • "A serious and well-informed book on the wars between Rome and Carthage...it is, however, not simply a piece of disinterested research but a tale with a moral for current politics...On the interplay of strategic and operational decisions, on the risks of politics in time of war, on the importance of morale: this book gives much food for reflection"

    Spectator

  • "His book is to be commended...It is a fine piece of military and political history...a clear and convincing account of what happened, devoid of any high-flown romanticism...He constructs his analysis in such a way as to demonstrate that what happened...might just happen again"

    Economist

  • "A modern Field-Marshal applies his strategic expertise to the greatest confrontation of classical times... Bagnall's analysis is leavened with character sketches and dry humour"

    Independent

About the Author

Nigel Bagnall

Sir Nigel Bagnall was born in India in 1927. He joined the British Army in 1945 and served in Palestine, Malaya, Borneo, the Canal Zone, Cyprys, Singapore and Germany. He ended his distinguished military career as Chief of the General Staff in London and was also an Honorary fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He died in April 2002.

Nigel Bagnall

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