Author:
Pratt, Fletcher, 1897-1956.
Imprint:Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2000.
Description348 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Note:Originally published: 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y. : Hanover House, c1956.
Note:1. Arbela and the man who would be God -- 2. The Red King at Beneventum -- 3. Fighting in the streets and the future of order -- 4. Kadisiyah and the cost of conquest -- 5. Las Navas de Tolosa and why the Americas were conquered -- 6. Jeanne d'Arc and the non-conquest of England -- 7. Vienna and the failure to complete the crescent -- 8. Leyden and the foundation of sea power -- 9. Gustavus Adolphus and the end of the Middle Ages -- 10. Interlude; the day of inadequate decisions -- 11. Frederick the Great and the unacceptable decision -- 12. Quebec, Quiberon, America -- 13. Why the American Revolution succeeded -- 14. Trafalgar, Austerlitz, and the fall and rise of empire -- 15. The things decided at Vicksburg -- 16. More than Midway.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-340) and index.
