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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 doesn''t 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 so

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      Publisher: Transworld
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/21/2021
      ISBN13: 9781787632417, 978-1787632417
      ISBN10: 1787632415
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 doesn''t 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 so

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