Fifteen Decisive Battles by Sir Edward Creasy

EXCELLENT CONDITION: The book has minor scratches to the gilded page edges. Otherwise NEW and in shrink wrap.

"The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World" is more than a list of important battles; it is about the course of western civilization. They were selected with the modern world in mind and the alternative reality that may have been if the military engagement had gone a different way. The book is also not just an exercise in a philosophical “what if?” It does provide lively accounts of the battles themselves. Readers will smell the rifles fired at the Battles of Saratoga and Waterloo and hear the cries of the Persians uttered during their defeat by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon. They’ll ride horseback alongside the Normans as they fearlessly conquered the English at the Battle of Hastings and set sail to transport Joan of Arc to the Siege of Orleans to lead France’s victory over England. Creasy’s classic work additionally captures the essence of the battles of Syracuse, Gaugamela, Metaurus, the Teutoburg Forest, Châlons, Tours, Blenheim, Pultowa, Valmy, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada...