John O. (buzzby) - , reviewed on 4/10/2011 + 6062 more book reviews

Written in 1980 by an ex-naval person, it actually covers all 5 battles (including Salamis and Sicily) fought during the Persian invasion of 480-479. (there probably isn't enough historical evidence to write about any one battle) I was pretty captivated by his writing, although he obviously isn't a professional historian, and probably didn't have a very forceful editor going over his manuscript. He did a pretty good job of trying to get into the heads of all the parties involved. Also, every place he mentioned you could find on a map that was in the book.

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