Grainger, John D.  1939- <br/><br/>
The wars of the Maccabees :  the jewish struggle for freedom, 167-37BC / 
John D. Grainger. 
 - Barnsley, UK :  Pen and Sword,  c2012 
 - xviii,189 p. ;  illus., plates (chiefly col.) ; hbk ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Dispute -- Terrorism and Guerrilla War -- Victories -- The Beginnings of Imperialism -- Defeat -- Achieving Independence -- The Defence of Independence -- Early Conquests -- The Samarian War -- Internal Upheavals and the Ptolemaic War -- Gadora and Gaza -- War in the East -- The First Civil War -- The Second Eastern War -- A War for Damascus -- The Second Civil War -- The First Roman War -- The Second Roman War -- The Parthian War - and Herod -- Conclusion: a Belligerent Dynasty. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848844759 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>751804852  OCLC 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Maccabees.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palestine--history--to 70 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>933.04/GRA