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Any attempt to list the 50 most important battles in all history is necessarily
subjective. To list them in order of importance is an even greater exercise
of chutzpah. Nevertheless, people have been listing decisive battles since
Sir Edward Creasy, a lawyer who taught history, a century-and-a-half ago.
Other compilers include General J.F.C. Fuller, a professional soldier; Captain
B.H. Liddell Hart, who was gassed and injured early in his career and had to leave
the army—he then became a journalist, and Fletcher Pratt, who was a writer by
trade. Each brings a distinctive flavor to the enterprise. Fuller is very strong on
battles that were fought on land. He's less interested in sea power and far less interested
in air power. Liddell Hart emphasizes his strategic theory—the superiority of
the indirect approach. He, and to some extent Fuller, preaches the gospel of small,
highly trained armies rather than the mass armies we've had in every major war since
those of the French Revolution. Pratt's The Battles that Changed History has the
distinct tang of salty air, although most of the early battles it covers were fought on
land. Pratt also has the most openly Occidental orientation.
Rather than celebrating warfare, 50 Battles That Changed the World takes a brief look at the fifty battles the author believes have had the most profound impact on world history. Listed in order of importance for our world today, they range from the ancient world to the present and span the globe to present the conflicts that truly changed the course of history. This is not a book so much about military strategy as about the implications of the battles that did the most to shape the world as we know it. |
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