Moment of Battle : The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World

from RandyStafford

This is the latest updating of Edward Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles. The battles range from Marathon in 490 BC to Operation Peach of the Iraq War in 2003. The authors opt for a specific criteria - not battles that changed the course of a war but ones that fundamentally altered the future infl...

from atiara

This book was really interesting. Some of the battles were ones I was already familiar with, but some were new to me. I had an Early Reviewer copy and it obviously wasn't well edited yet so I can't criticize issues that may be fixed in the final edition. I am not too into the tactical side of mil...

from WCHagen

This is a book that should be in every military history buff's library; not as a replacement for other works on the same subject but to augment them and, in many cases, present alternative points of view. Many may argue about which twenty battles should be considered as crucial in determining the...

from RChurch

Moment of Battle is entertaining and interesting. More a survey or reference book, it would be useful, for instance to read the chapter on Vicksburg while studying American civil war history. Trying to read this book from beginning to end might intimidate many readers because it covers battles ov...

from loafhunter13

This, as other reviewers have pointed out, is a modern update on the 20 battles that most shaped the world, though predominantly the Western world. It is presented with alternate selection critera for the battles chosen according to the authors. They state that the total situation before and afte...