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The end of empire : Attila the Hun and the fall of Rome / Christopher Kelly.

By: Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009.Edition: 1st American edDescription: x, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393061963 (hardcover)
  • 0393061965 (hardcover)
  • 9780393338492 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Attila the Hun
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 937/.09 22
LOC classification:
  • D141 .K45 2009
Contents:
The Strava of Attila the Hun -- Before Attila. First contact ; The axis of evil ; A backward steppe ; Romans and barbarians ; How the West was won -- Huns and Romans. A tale of two cities ; War on three fronts ; Brothers in arms ; Fighting for Rome ; Shock and awe ; Barbarians at the gates ; The price of peace -- Dinner with Attila. Mission impossible ; Close encounters ; Eating with the enemy ; What the historian saw ; Truth and dare ; End game -- The failure of empire. Hearts and minds ; The bride of Attila ; Taking sides ; The fog of war ; The last retreat ; Endings ; Reputations.
Summary: A bold new account of Attila the Hun as empire builder and political threat to Rome reframes the warrior king as a political strategist, capturing the story of how a small, but dedicated, opponent dealt a seemingly invincible empire defeats from which it would never recover.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks D141 .K45 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001092450

Originally published: Attila the Hun: barbarian terror and the fall of the Roman Empire. London : Bodley Head, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-330) and index.

The Strava of Attila the Hun -- Before Attila. First contact ; The axis of evil ; A backward steppe ; Romans and barbarians ; How the West was won -- Huns and Romans. A tale of two cities ; War on three fronts ; Brothers in arms ; Fighting for Rome ; Shock and awe ; Barbarians at the gates ; The price of peace -- Dinner with Attila. Mission impossible ; Close encounters ; Eating with the enemy ; What the historian saw ; Truth and dare ; End game -- The failure of empire. Hearts and minds ; The bride of Attila ; Taking sides ; The fog of war ; The last retreat ; Endings ; Reputations.

A bold new account of Attila the Hun as empire builder and political threat to Rome reframes the warrior king as a political strategist, capturing the story of how a small, but dedicated, opponent dealt a seemingly invincible empire defeats from which it would never recover.

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