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The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo

by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

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Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasy's work such a classic--it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth. Furthermore, his selections seem as wise and well-considered today as when Fifteen Decisive Battles first appeared in 1851: Nobody since has made better ones, nor given us better accounts.

...biggest insight for the whole book is how people make the difference in every single conflict... a great book to understand human nature.

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Categories:

British Literature Reference World History War Historical Classics History Non-fiction

Language:

English

Length:

424 pages

Author:

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
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