{"product_id":"decisive-battles-alexander-capatana-9798243229876","title":"Decisive Battles: Why Outcomes Are Revealed, Not Chosen","description":"\u003cb\u003eDecisive Battles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Outcomes Are Revealed, Not Chosen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost battles do not decide wars.\u003cbr\u003eThey change positions, destroy forces, and reshape narratives-yet the conflict continues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decisive battle is different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that decisiveness is not a matter of violence or brilliance, but of timing. Battles become decisive only when systems have lost the ability to recover-when economic elasticity has vanished, institutions have saturated, execution can no longer adapt, and diplomacy has become performative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn such moments, the battlefield does not determine the outcome.\u003cbr\u003eIt reveals that all other outcomes have already disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing Gettysburg and Leipzig as parallel cases, \u003ci\u003eDecisive Battles\u003c\/i\u003e examines how wars actually end-not through sudden collapse or singular genius, but through systemic exhaustion and the loss of choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a tactical history.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a structural analysis of war, power, and collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWars do not end when leaders decide to stop.\u003cbr\u003eThey end when systems can no longer continue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Capatana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243229876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Alexander Capatana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172467024127,"sku":"9798243229876","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/decisive-battles-alexander-capatana-9798243229876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}