title: Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History (GeoJournal Library)
author: P. Doyle
description: "<strong>Fields of Battles</strong> is scholarly, enjoyable to read and certainly relevant for a wide range of academics and professionals. The book will be of interest to many geographers." <br /><em>(The Professional Geographer June (2003)</em>
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  * [Cover](Text/Cover.xhtml#cover001)
  
  
  * [Title Page](Text/Title.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Copyright](Text/Copy.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Contents](Text/Contents.xhtml)
  
  
  * [List of Figures, Maps, and Tables](Text/List.xhtml#li)
  
  
  * [Acknowledgments](Text/Ack.xhtml#ack)
  
  
  * [Introduction](Text/Intro.xhtml#int)
  
  
  * [1 Ancient History](Text/Ch01.xhtml#ch1)
  
  
  * [2 Mi'kma'ki](Text/Ch02.xhtml#ch2)
  
  
  * [3 Sixteenth-Century Encounters, 1497-1605](Text/Ch03.xhtml#ch3)
  
  
  * [4 Colonial Initiatives, 1605-1670](Text/Ch04.xhtml#ch4)
  
  
  * [5 Louis XIV's Acadie, 1670-1713](Text/Ch05.xhtml#ch5)
  
  
  * [6 Contested Terrains, 1713-1749](Text/Ch06.xhtml#ch6)
  
  
  * [7 Reinventing Nova Scotia, 1749-1775](Text/Ch07.xhtml#ch7)
  
  
  * [8 The Great Divide, 1775-1792](Text/Ch08.xhtml#ch8)
  
  
  * [9 Entering the Nineteenth Century, 1792-1820](Text/Ch09.xhtml#ch9)
  
  
  * [10 Bluenoses and Britons, 1820-1854](Text/Ch10.xhtml#ch10)
  
  
  * [11 Making Progress, 1820-1864](Text/Ch11.xhtml#ch11)
  
  
  * [12 Confederation and Its Discontents, 1864-1873](Text/C