The Shape of Battle
eBook - ePub

The Shape of Battle

The Art of War from the Battle of Hastings to D-Day and Beyond

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Shape of Battle

The Art of War from the Battle of Hastings to D-Day and Beyond

About this book

A distinguished military historian tells the dramatic story of six defining battles in world history. Every battle is different. Each takes place in a different context—the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought with spears and swords or advanced technology, have much in common. Fighting is, after all, an intensely human affair; human nature doesn't change. So why were certain battles fought as they were? What gave them their shape? Why did they go as they did: victory for one side, defeat for the other?In exploring six significant feats of arms—the war and campaign in which they each occurred, and the factors that determined their precise form and course— T he Shape of Battle answers these fundamental questions about the waging of war.Eschewing polemics, The Shape of Battle doesn't try to argue a case. It lets the narratives—the battles—speak for themselves.

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Information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781639361946
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. List of Maps
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction: Movement of Bodies
  7. Part One: Hastings: ‘The Battle for England’: 14 October 1066
  8. Part Two: Towton: ‘The Battle for the Crown’: 29 March 1461
  9. Part Three: Waterloo: ‘The Battle for Europe’: 18 June 1815
  10. Part Four: Sword Beach: ‘The Battle for the Bridgehead’: 6 June 1944
  11. Part Five: Imjin River: ‘The Battle for Honor’: 22–25 April 1951
  12. Part Six: Helmand: ‘Operation Panther’s Claw: The Battle for the Population’: 19 June–27 July 2009
  13. Conclusion
  14. Photographs
  15. Acknowledgements
  16. About the Author
  17. Index
  18. Picture Acknowledgements
  19. Copyright