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类别 页数 译者 网友评分 年代 出版社
书籍 336页 2020 Random House
定价 出版日期 最近访问 访问指数
USD 27.00 2020-02-20 … 2020-03-03 … 33
主题/类型/题材/标签
军事史,罗马,英语,电子版,战争史,感兴趣,lib,
作者
Robert L. O'Connell      ISBN:9781400067022    原作名/别名:《》
内容和作者简介
The Ghosts of Cannae摘要

A stirring account of the most influential battle in history

For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. It was the battle that countless armies tried to imitate, most notably in World Wars I and II, the battle that obsessed legendary military minds. Yet no general ever matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory—the costliest day of combat for any army in history. Robert L. O’Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, now tells the whole story of Cannae for the first time, giving us a stirring account of this apocalyptic battle of the Second Punic War, and its causes and consequences.

O’Connell shows how a restive Rome amassed a giant army to punish Carthage’s masterful commander, who had dealt them deadly blows at Trebia and Lake Trasimene, and how Hannibal outwitted enemies that outnumbered him. O’Connell describes Hannibal’s strategy of blinding his opponents with sun and dust, enveloping them in a deadly embrace and sealing their escape, before launching a massive knife fight that would kill 48,000 men in close contact. The Ghosts of Cannae then brilliantly conveys how this disastrous pivot point in Rome’s history ultimately led to the republic’s resurgence and the creation of its empire.

Piecing together decayed shreds of ancient reportage, the author paints powerful portraits of the leading players: Hannibal, resolutely sane and uncannily strategic; Varro, Rome’s co-consul who was so scapegoated for the loss; and Scipio Africanus, the surviving (and self-promoting) Roman military tribune who would one day pay back Hannibal at Zama in North Africa. Finally, O’Connell reveals how Cannae’s legend has inspired and haunted military leaders ever since, and the lessons it teaches for our own wars.

Superbly researched and written with wit and erudition, The Ghosts of Cannae is the definitive account of a battle whose history continues to resonate.

作者简介

【作者简介】

罗伯特•L.欧康奈尔,美国弗吉尼亚大学历史学博士,他在美国情报机构联合体(U.S. Intelligence Community)任职超过三十年,是《军事史季刊》的撰稿编辑,现担任美国海军研究所访问教授。欧康奈尔著有多部历史类著作,如《武器及人员:战争、武器及侵略的历史》《神圣的船:对战舰的崇拜以及美国海军的崛起》《第二位骑士的驰骋:战争之诞生及死亡》《刀剑之魂:从史前到现在的武器及战争图说历史》。

【译者简介】

葛晓虎,上海师范大学世界古代中世纪史专业硕士。喜爱读书,痴迷于时间长河里的点点滴滴。

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