Overy Richard. A History of War in 100 Battles

HarperCollins Publishers, 2014. — 384 р. — ISBN: 978-0007452507.From Alexander the Great's 331 BC rout of Darius III to Great Britain's 1982 re-conquest of the Falkland Islands, the author of the Second World War Experience series examines some of history's pivotal battles to determine the human factors that decided their outcomes. Stressing the importance of leadership, courage, deception, and good fortune, Richard Overy reappraises such conflicts as those at Thermopylae, Marathon, Austerlitz, Pearl Harbor, Little Big Horn, Gettysburg, Kursk, and the Tet Offensive, as well as Hernán Cortés's siege of Tenochtitlán. More than 150 color and black and white illustrations appear throughout, including vintage photographs and period art.