100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present

What makes a battle decisive? In Davis’s book it must meet one or all of three criteria: the outcome of the battle brought around a major political or social change; had the outcome of the battle been reversed, major political changes would have ensued; or the battle marked the introduction of a major change in the art of warfare. The battle accounts presented here, in chronological order, are mostly 2,000 to 2,500 words in length, which signifies that details of their historical context have necessarily been condensed. It follows that the book is intended for a general rather than a...