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An international team of military historians reconstructs and analyzes the seventy decisive battles that shaped world history

About the Author

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and the author or editor of over seventy books, including The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare, WorldWar Two: A Military History and, for Thames & Hudson, The Seventy Great Battles of All Time and Great Military Leaders and Their Campaigns

Reviews

'Intelligently conceived, well written and nicely illustrated, this book brings out the great continuities of war' - Scotsman