Michael Kerrigan
Contributor
Michael Kerrigan has written many books, including volumes on Greece and the Mediterranean and Rome for the BBC Ancient Civilizations series and Ancients in their Own Words (2009). Coauthor of The Reader's Digest Illustrated History of the World, he was also a contributor to War (2009). His work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History, where the work originally appeared.
Primary Contributions (14)
The Chilean struggle for independencefrom Spain was a decade old in 1820, but despite significant rebel victories and disarray among their various factions, the Royalists continued to mount determined resistance . In the service of the Chilean rebels and personally recruited by Bernardo O’Higgins,…
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Publications (1)
1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History (2011)
1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History traces the history of warmongering, from the small-scale battles of the ancient world to the devastation of modern conflicts. It provides a comprehensive record of the armed combats that have shaped the political and cultural landscape of the world and is fully illustrated with images ranging from ancient triumphal stone carvings through to the very latest war photography. This is much more than a straightforward military history title; it reveals the...
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