50 Battles That Changed the World - The Conflicts That Most Influenced the Course of History



50 Battles That Changed the World
Career Press | November 25, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1564147460 | 320 pages | PDF | 6.5MB

Rather than celebrating warfare, 50 Battles That Changed the World looks at the clashes the author believes have

had the most profound impact on world history. Listed in order of their relevance to the modern world, they range

from the ancient past to the present day and span the globe many times over. This book is not so much about

military strategy as the implications of the battles that were vital in shaping civilization as we know it. Some

of the battles in this book are familiar to us all-Bunker Hill, which prevented the American Revolution from

being stillborn, and Marathon, which kept the world's first democracy alive. Others may be less familiar-the

naval battle at Diu (on the Indian Coast), which led to the ascendancy of Western Civilization and the discovery

of America, and Yarmuk, which made possible the spread of Islam from Morocco to the Philippines.