xi 385 pages, maps. A clean, unmarked and solid copy which appears unread. Watson's Decisive Battles are: 1) Marathon, 490 B.C. 2) The Siege of Syracuse, 415-413 B.C. 3) Gaugamela/Arbela, 331 B.C. 4) The Metaurus, 207 B.C. 5) Teutoburg Forest, 9 6) Chalons, 451 7) Tours/Poitiers, 732 8) Hastings, 1066 9) The Siege of Orleans, 1429 10) The Spanish Armada, 1588 11) Blenheim, 1704 12) Poltava, 1709 13) Saratoga, 1777 14) Valmy, 1792 15) Waterloo, 1815 16) The Vicksburg Campaign, 1863 17) Koniggratz/Sadowa, 1866 18) The First Battle of the Marne, 1914 19) Midway, 1942 20) Stalingrad, 1942-3