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The book organizes its analysis through five major parts, linking core strategic performance to real historical campaigns. Readers gain practical leadership and command insights focused on learning what drives victory, how superior strategy is executed, and why better decisions change the game.","WHO WINS WARS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nALSO BY ML CAVANAUGH  \nBest Scar Wins: How You Can Be More Than You Were Before  \nWinning Westeros: How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict (with John Amble, Max Brooks, and Jaym Gates)  \nStrategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict  \n(with John Amble, Max Brooks, and Jaym Gates)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWHO WINS WARS  \nLessons in Leadership, Power,  \nand Supreme Command from Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower  \nML CAVANAUGH, Lt. Col. US Army, Ret.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWho Wins Wars copyright © 2026 by Matt Cavanaugh  \nAll rights reserved. Except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored, transmitted, or used in any manner whatsoever, including for training artificial intelligence (AI) technologies or for automated text and data mining, without prior written permission from the publisher.  \nMatt Holt is an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc.  \nBenBella Books, Inc.  \n8080 N. Central Expressway Suite 1700  \nDallas, TX 75206  \n[benbellabooks.com](benbellabooks.com)  \nSend feedback to [feedback@benbellabooks.com](feedback@benbellabooks.com)  \n[Matt Holt](Matt Holt and BenBella are federally registered trademarks.)[ and](Matt Holt and BenBella are federally registered trademarks.)[ BenBella](Matt Holt and BenBella are federally registered trademarks.)[ are federally registered trademarks.](Matt Holt and BenBella are federally registered trademarks.)[ ](Matt Holt and BenBella are federally registered trademarks.)[First E-Book Edition: July 2026](First E-Book Edition: July 2026)  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2026000725 ISBN 9781637749180 (hardcover)  \nISBN 9781637749197 (electronic)  \nEditing by Katie Dickman Copyediting by James Fraleigh  \nProofreading by Lisa Story and Ashley Casteel Indexing by WordCo. Indexing Services  \nText design and composition by Aaron Edmiston Cover design by Jason Arias  \nCover image courtesy of the Library of Congress  \nSpecial discounts for bulk sales are available. Please [contact](contact bulkorders@benbellabooks.com)[ bulkorders@benbellabooks.com](contact bulkorders@benbellabooks.com).  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Colin S. Gray [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nForeword: James Stavridis, Admiral, US Navy (Ret.) 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