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Synopsis 50 Batters That Changed the World looks at the clashes the Author believes have had the most profound impact on world history. Listed in order of their relevance to the modern world. They range from the ancient past to the present day and span the globe many times over. This book is not so much about military strategy as the implications of the battles that were vital in shaping civilization as we know it. Some of the battles in this book are familiar to us all -Bunker Hill, which prevented the American Revolution from being stillborn, and Marathon. Which kept the world's first democracy alive. Others may be less familiar  -the naval battle at Diu (0n the Indian Coast), which led to the ascendancy of Western Civilization and the discovery of America, and Yarmuk, which made possible the spread of slam from Morocco to the Philippines. All battles are human dramas, and those discussed here include some of history's most fascinating characters -from Narses, the eunuch ex-slave who reconquered the Roman Empire, to Don Juan of Austria, the swashbuckling bastard who stopped the Turks at Lepanto; from George Dewey, the elderly fire- eater who sank the Spanish fleet at manila Bay and defied the German Kaiser, to Enrico Dandolo, the blind ancient who led the misguided crusade that conquered "Impregnable" Constantinople. Battles have been fought, lives have been lost, causes have been advanced, and stories of great warriors have been told over and over again. Here are the stories of the 50 greatest and most significant battles and those who fought, won, and lost them.