A decisive war

 8. What qualities or characteristics  do you think determine whether or not a battle deserves to be called          " decisive" ?

Ans: There are so many forces which can influence the course of history. These are great ideas, economic trends, demographic shifts . But warfare is one of the most frequent and dramatic force. 

Features of decisive battle:

a) In militarily decisive battle, the defeat of one military force by another resulted in an immediate and obvious transfer of political power. The Battle of Trafalgar is an example of it. 

b) The most common type of decisive battle is one that subsequently had important social, political, or religious effects. In many cases, these battles may not have seemed pivotal at the time but have been  recognized only in retrospect as demarcating a turning point.

c) The outcome of the decisive war was either unexpected or uncertain.

d) It curbed or ended the growth of various expansionist empires.

e) Some battles were selected as decisive because they represent the introduction of a key technological advance or the triumph of one type of military force over another.