War

A must have for your history library. Overy is a historian of some reknown and certainly knows his stuff amply shown by his ability to explain succinctly the key aspects of battles from 331 BC to the 20th century. I have treasured copy of Creasy's 15 Decisive Battles written in 1851 and Overy has not......more

A decent premise -- talking about 100 battles and how they influenced the world, as distinct from how wars or other conflicts influenced the world -- but unfortunately less than ideal execution. The author is essentially a historian, not a military commander, and didn't seem to really understand or......more

Okay. The book started out very good, it was exciting and informative. But reading about battle after battle with little to no background information and little to connect them all got stale pretty quickly. The organization of the book is a bit problematic. The first chapter focuses on leadership an......more

Richard Overy’s “War” is an attempt to tell of the history of warfare over the course of 100 battles throughout recorded history. To that end, Overy achieves his goal. However, the goal itself was my biggest issue with the book. It is impossible to distill the history of perhaps humanity’s most extr......more

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