This title presents important and timely histories that bring to vivid life conflicts of the past, from the Battle of Marathon to the reality of Storming the Bastille, with each chapter covering a major war that shaped our civilisation. Veteran history author Cummins describes each conflict with a freshness and vitality, bringing the place, time, people, and crisis to life in a narrative history - an examination of multiple conflicts in a well-written, easily digestible format, to give readers a greater understanding and depth of these past wars, and their long-term effects.
Author Biography
Joseph Cummins (Maplewood, NJ) is the author of "The War Chronicles" and "Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks and October Surprises in America's Presidential Campaigns."
