
Referensi visual yang menyajikan berbagai pertempuran penting dalam sejarah, yang pada akhirnya menentukan jalannya sejarah dunia itu sendiri. Disajikan dengan gaya "langsung pada sasaran", tanpa banyak pembahasan sejarah atau politik yang berbelit-belit, pembaca dapat langsung mendapat informasi yang terpenting dari masing-masing konflik, meliputi: - kapan konflik berlangsung - siapa yang terlibat - apa alasan terjadinya konflik - bagaimana konflik berlangsung - apa hasilnya dan apa pengaruhnya terhadap jalannya sejarah Dilengkapi pula dengan peta berwarna strategi pertempuran yang memudahkan pembaca memahami situasi pada saat itu.
Authors
See also works published as Stephen Ashley Hart

Hailing from northeast England, Martin J Dougherty is a professional writer specialising in military history. He has been at times a games designer, an engineer, a self-protection instructor, a teacher and a defence analyst. Martin has published a range of books covering topics as diverse as self-protection, medieval warfare and space flight, and has addressed international conferences on anti-shipping missiles and homeland security issues. Martin's interests include martial arts and fencing. He has coached Fencing, Ju-Jitsu, Self-Defence and Kickboxing for many years at the University of Sunderland, and has competed to national level as a fencer. As a martial artist he holds black belts in Combat Ju-Jitsu, Nihon Tai-Jitsu and Self-Defence. Martin is a Senior Assessor with the Self-Defence Federation and an IL1 instructor/assessor with the Britsh Federation for Historical Swordplay, specialising in the Military Sabre and the Smallsword.