Kelly, Christopher,  1964- <br/><br/>
The end of empire :  Attila the Hun and the fall of Rome / 
Christopher Kelly. 
 - 1st American ed. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Co.,  2009. 
 - x, 350 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Attila the Hun: barbarian terror and the fall of the Roman Empire. London : Bodley Head, 2008. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-330) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393061963 (hardcover) 0393061965 (hardcover) 9780393338492 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009009072 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Attila, d. 453. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Huns--Biography.<br/>Huns--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D141  / .K45 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>937/.09