Description
DATE OF RELEASE: 8 OCT 2026
What can we learn from ten wars that have changed world history? A ridiculously funny new popular history from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. War: what is it good for? Absolutely something, surely, or we wouldn't keep doing it. What can we learn from ten wars that have changed world history? In A History of the World in Ten Wars, you will find out:why the ancient Greeks finally decided to band together after fighting each other for centurieshow the Chinese invention of stirrups kicked off a European age of chivalrythe innovative guerrilla tactics of the Mongols, who were surprisingly interested in supply chainshow Napoleon's army was defeated not by the freezing Russian winter, but by a summer heatwaveand why the so-called World Wars were really one very long war with a break for half-time.
Throughout the ages, each generation has faced the same questions. Am I willing to fight for my way of life? How can I come up with something the enemy hasn’t thought of? And the important one that people often forget to ask: is there a way of solving this amicably?A History of the World in Ten Wars is a witty, whistlestop history of the world that will have you laughing as you find out what they didn't teach you in school.
Hardback, Publication: 8 Oct 2026, Transworld
ISBN: 9780857509383
Extent: 304 pages
