One of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . .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 sticks and stones or advanced technology, have much in common. Fighting is, after all, an intensely human affair human nature doesnt change. So why were 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 The Shape of Battle answers these fundamental questions about the waging of war.Hastings (1066) everyone knows the date, but not, perhaps, the remarkable strategic background.Towton (1461) the bloodiest battle to be fought on English soil. Waterloo (1815) more written about in English than any other but rarely in its true context as the culminating battle in the longest war in modern times.DDay (1944) a battle within a larger operation (Overlord), and the longestplanned and most complex offensive battle in history. Imjin River (1951) this little known battle of the Korean War was the British Armys last largescale defensive battle. Operation Panthers Claw (2009) a battle that has yet to receive the official distinction of being one an offensive conducted over six weeks with all the...

Binding: ;480 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: ; Weight: 432 g; Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 36

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