In 1851, Sir Edward Creasy published The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo. This classic work of military history introduced a controversial concept -- that individual ...

History is filled with tales of underdogs prevailing against seemingly daunting forces. Smaller armies trying their best to ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Topping the list are naval actions that decided the fates of civilizations, empires, or great nations. This is decisiveness of the first order. Ranking battles by their ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: It appears wise to define a decisive victory more three-dimensionally than Clausewitz does, namely as a trial of arms that lets a belligerent accomplish some positive ...