The Decisive Battles of World History

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36 lectures (30 min. each).
"Course No. 8140."--Container.
Lecture 1. What makes a battle decisive? -- lecture 2. 1274 B.C. Kadesh--greatest chariot battle -- lecture 3. 479 B.C. Plataea--Greece wins freedom -- lecture 4. 331 B.C. Gaugamela--Alexander's genius -- lecture 5. 197 B.C. Cynoscephalae--Legion vs. Phalanx -- lecture 6. 31 B.C. Actium--birth of the Roman empire -- lecture 7. 260-110 B.C. China--struggles for unification -- lecture 8. 636 Yarmouk & al-Qadisiyyah--Islam triumphs -- lecture 9. 751 Talas & 1192 Tarain--Islam into Asia -- lecture 10. 1066 Hastings--William conquers England -- lecture 11. 1187 Hattin--crusader desert disaster -- lecture 12. 1260 Ain Jalut--can the Mongols be stopped? --
lecture 13. 1410 Tannenberg--cataclysm of knights -- lecture 14. Frigidus, Badr, Diu--obscure turning points -- lecture 15. 1521 Tenochtitlán--Aztecs vs. Conquistadors -- lecture 16. 1532 Cajamarca--Inca vs. Conquistadors -- lecture 17. 1526 & 1556 Panipat--Babur & Akbar in India -- lecture 18. 1571 Lepanto--last gasp of the galleys-- lecture 19. 1592 Sacheon--Yi's mighty turtle ships -- lecture 20. 1600 Sekigahara--Samurai showdown -- lecture 21. 1683 Vienna--the great Ottoman siege -- lecture 22. 1709 Poltava--Sweden's fall, Russia's price -- lecture 23. 1759 Quebec--battle for North America -- lecture 24. 1776 Trenton--the revolution's darkest hour.
lecture 25. 1805 Trafalgar--Nelson thwarts Napoleon -- lecture 26. 1813 Leipzig--the grand coalition -- lecture 27. 1824 Ayacucho--South American independence -- lecture 28. 1836 San Jacinto--Mexico's big loss -- lecture 29. 1862 Antietam--the civil war's bloodiest day -- lecture 30. 1866 Königgrätz--Bismarck molds Germany -- lecture 31. 1905 Tsushima--Japan humiliates Russia -- lecture 32. 1914 Marne--Paris is saved -- lecture 33. 1939 Khalkhin Gol--sowing the seeds of WWII -- lecture 34. 1942 Midway--four minutes change everything -- lecture 35. 1942 Stalingrad--Hitler's ambitions crushed -- lecture 36. Recent & not-so-decisive decisive battles.
Gregory S. Aldrete, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
"Many of the most decisive turning points in the history of the world have been battles. More than just conflicts between armies, such moments often represent fundamental clashes among rival religions; cultures; and social, political, and economic systems. The outcomes of these battles have dramatically transformed and shaped the course of history, often sending it on unexpected or completely new paths. This course examines more than three dozen such pivotal moments, highlighting and exposing the key incidents and personalities responsible for these critical shifts. During the course of these lectures, we'll discover how the Battle of Yarmouk contributed to the establishment of Islam in the Middle East; how the Battle of the Talas River curbed the expansion of the Tang dynasty of China; how the Battle of Boyaca resulted in South American independence from Spain; and how the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, fought on the borders of Mongolia and Manchuria, influenced the entire direction of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific."--p. 1.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Aldrete certainly knows his ... submitted by GJBarnett2 on March 11, 2015, 9:42pm ...business but he seems almost borderline hyperactive and can't keep his hands still. Or his feet. Perhaps he was just nervous. All things considered this is a pretty trivial criticism but his constant flamboyant gestures were distracting. I learned to watch "out of the corner of my eye," basically looking away when he was on-screen but paying attention to his graphics. I've had a life-long interest in military history but this guy showed me how much I still have to learn.