Qadesh 1300 BC: Clash of the Warrior Kings (Osprey Military Campaign Series) - Softcover

Healy, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855323001 ISBN 13: 9781855323001

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1993

Synopsis

The earliest battle in history which can be reconstructed in detail, Qadesh (c. 1300 BC) pitted the two great warriors of the age against each other, Muwatallish of Hatti and the great warrior-Pharaoh Rameses II. With the Hittites gaining the initial advantage, all seemed lost until Rameses himself led his personal followers into the fray. However, in spite of the appearance of Egyptian reinforcements, the bravery of the pharaoh and the tactically superior showing of the Egyptian chariotry, the dislocation of his army frustrated the Pharaoh's wider strategic aspirations. Mark Healy recounts the course of this key battle, which could so easily have gone either way.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding with a guide to the battlefields today.

About the Author:

Mark Healy was born in 1953. He has a Master's degree in Political Theology from Bristol University. He is by profession a schoolteacher and is head of the Humanities faculty in a large school in Somerset. He has written a number of Osprey titles including Elite 40 New Kingdom Egypt and Campaign 16 Kursk 1943.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1855323001
• ISBN 13: 9781855323001
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96