Battles Map by Map

A gift to a friend - such a beautiful book - a real treat. Wonderfully illustrated and large so looks expensive.

Really nice illustrations and maps with interesting text bought as a gift and was well received but had to have a little look through before obviously

Great for any history lover. Bought it for my son’s birthday, I read it as much as he does.

A coffer table wonder! If you love military history this is the volume to seek out. Set with an introduction by Peter Snow the book looks back as far as Kadesh and Thermopylae right up to 2003's Iraq war. The book is lavishly illustrated and takes each battle as a case study. It must be good because for the first time I managed to gain some real understanding of the Thirty Years War through the section on the Battle of White mountain. One disappointment however was the section on the Plains of Abraham where General Wolfe beat the French and sealed the future of an English-speaking America. This section is very sketchy and for some reason lacks the detail of other conflicts. It is from the 19th century to the present where the book excels. First Marne and Gallipoli are covered in detail and the progress of the battles set out clearly. more recently the section on the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbours shows the sheer scale of the Israeli victory although it could have been bookended with some commentary on Yom Kippur in 1973. The purpose of books such as this however are to dip into rather than read from cover to cover. This will satisfy the curious for many hours.

Bought as a gift for someone else who loves their battle history and they enjoy this book very much! Big pages clearly layout battle maps and information about different historic battles. Ideal for schools up to your personal library I would say!

An excellent history telling using the “midwife of history” : war and its battles throughout many thousands of years

Bought as a secret Santa gift. It was well received by the battle nerd in our group.

Detailed and extremely interesting.

Good quality book with nice illustrations & maps. Good value for someone who’s interested in history

Awesome

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I believe most of the reviews already covered this fantastic book - an interesting view of past battles with lots of information I couldn't find on the internet. Highly recommended!

Beim ersten Mal leider beschädigt durch Transport, aber umgetauscht und jetzt spitze. Buch ist auch super. Also nicht für tiefe Infos eher wie den ganz groben Überblick und für Kinder die sich für Geschichte interessieren perfekt