A History of War in 100 Battles (Hardcover)

from Urquhart

A good idea but very poorly executed in terms of choice of battles as well as solid research.

from Dokfintong

Mr. Overy has sifted and sorted and chosen 100 important battles from various points in world history and grouped them according to the various tactical, strategic, leadership, or lucky conditions that governed the outcomes. This is an interesting approach but the book is curiously bland. There a...

from chensel477

These types of survey/anthology books are often difficult to pull off. Fortunately with A History of War in 100 Battles, this was not the case. The history of war and warfare is often a difficult subject to tackle, but Richard Overy has done it expertly. Not only would this book be a great primer...