Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest

A brilliant history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success. Instead of weighing up the West thro

'Why The West Has Won' provides a history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success.

World War II was the biggest and most destructive war in history. For two centuries wars had grown ever larger, with the use of more terrible weapons and rising