by Erik Durschmied · Hodder & Stoughton · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340821770
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«From Armageddon to the Fall of Rome» is a historical essay by Erik Durschmied, published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Erik Durschmied reconstructs seventeen battles of antiquity, many almost forgotten, from the Near East to the fall of Rome. He portrays leaders such as Thutmose, Leonidas, Xerxes, Hannibal, Vercingetorix and Caesar and explains how cunning, chance, stupidity and military brilliance changed the course of civilisation.
The work was originally published in 2002; this paperback edition dates from 2003 and corresponds to ISBN 9780340821770.
For fans of ancient and military history, interested in decisive battles and great leaders of the classical world.
Erik Durschmied is a cinematographer, producer, director and also an author, military history professor and a former war correspondent for BBC, CBS. Newsweek called him a "supremely gifted reporter who has changed the media he works in", while The New York Times wrote "He has seen more wars than any living general." Durschmied is best known for his book The Hinge Factor. For the sum of his literary work, he received the honorary citizenship of Austria.
