Revised edition of: The decisive wars of history. London : G. Bell & Sons, 1929

Strategy from fifth century B.C. to twentieth century A.D. -- History as practical experience -- Greek wars : Epaminondas, Philip, and Alexander -- Roman wars : Hannibal, Scipio, and Caesar -- Byzantine wars : Belisarius and Narses -- Medieval wars -- The seventeenth century : Gustavus, Cromwell, Turenne -- The eighteenth century : Marlborough and Frederick -- The French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte -- 1854-1914 -- Conclusions from twenty-five centuries -- Strategy of the First World War -- The plans and their issue in the Western theatre, 1914 -- The North-eastern theatre -- The South-eastern or Mediterranean theatre -- The strategy of 1918 --

Includes indexes

Strategy of the Second World War -- Hitler's strategy -- Hitler's run of victory -- Hitler's decline -- Hitler's fall -- Fundamentals of strategy and grand strategy -- The theory of strategy -- The concentrated essence of strategy and tactics -- National object and military aim -- Grand strategy -- Guerrilla war -- The strategy of indirect approach in the North African campaign, 1940-42 / by Major-General Eric Dorman-Smith -- 'For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war' : a strategical analysis of the Arab-Israel War, 1948-49 / by General Yigael Yadin