{"product_id":"the-shape-of-battle-hardcover-by-allan-mallinson","title":"The Shape of Battle Hardcover by Allan Mallinson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                        \n                            \n                                \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                \u003cul\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBantam Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2021-12-21)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781787632417\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e680.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9.5 x 6.4 x 1.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                \u003cbr\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of our most distinguished military historians tells the story of six defining battles . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery battle is different. Each takes place in a different context - the war, the campaign, the weapons. However, battles across the centuries, whether fought with sticks and stones or advanced technology, have much in common. Fighting is, after all, an intensely human affair; human nature doesn't change. So why were battles fought as they were? What gave them their shape? Why did they go as they did: victory for one side, defeat for the other? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn exploring six significant feats of arms - the war and campaign in which they each occurred, and the factors that determined their precise form and course - \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Battle \u003c\/i\u003eanswers these fundamental questions about the waging of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHastings (1066) \u003c\/b\u003e- everyone knows the date, but not, perhaps, the remarkable strategic background.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTowton (1461) -\u003c\/b\u003e the bloodiest battle to be fought on English soil. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaterloo (1815)\u003c\/b\u003e - more written about in English than any other but rarely in its true context as the culminating battle in the longest war in 'modern' times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eD-Day (1944) - \u003c\/b\u003ea battle within a larger operation ('Overlord'), and the longest-planned and most complex offensive battle in history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImjin River (1951) \u003c\/b\u003e- this little known battle of the Korean War was the British Army's last large-scale defensive battle. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOperation Panther's Claw (2009) \u003c\/b\u003e- a battle that has yet to receive the official distinction of being one: an offensive conducted over six weeks with all the trappings of 21st-century warfare yet whose shape and face at times resembled the Middle Ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of Battle \u003c\/i\u003eis not a polemic, it doesn't try to argue a case. It lets the narratives - the battles - speak for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003eA professional solder for thirty-five years, \u003cb\u003eAllan Mallinson\u003c\/b\u003e began writing while still serving. \u003cbr\u003eHis first book was a history of four regiments of British light dragoons, one of which he commanded. His debut novel was the bestselling \u003ci\u003eA Close Run Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in an acclaimed series chronicling the life of a fictitious cavalry officer before and after Waterloo (\u003ci\u003eThe Tigress of Mysore\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourteenth in the series). His \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the British Army \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for a number of prizes, while \u003ci\u003e1914: Fight the Good Fight \u003c\/i\u003ewon the British Army’s ‘Book of the Year’ Award. Its sequel, \u003ci\u003eToo Important for the Generals\u003c\/i\u003e, is a provocative look at leadership during the Great War, while \u003ci\u003eFight to the Finish \u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive history of the First World War, month by month.\u003cbr\u003eAllan Mallinson reviews for the \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003eand also writes for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e. 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