Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo

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Summary: Outstanding review of world history .
Review: This is an outstanding review of world history from the perspective of an Englishman in 1851, at the height of the British Empire. It is particularly useful because Sir Edward Creasy gives an introduction to each selected battle, showing the world circumstances leading up to the battle, a rendition of the battle itself, then a postmortem of the effects. He also provides his opinion of how history might have been different had the battle gone to the other protagonist.

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Summary: British point of view - ONLY
Review: This is British rating of the battles. Nationally biased, thus of little historical value!