One day can change the course of history. One image can define the way generations view themselves and the world around them—even the way history is recorded. This is a book about those days, a book about those images; some more influential than others, but all important in their own right. Some of these images have incited revolutions, some have led to thousands of deaths. Some have changed the way war was fought, and all have influenced the way war was viewed.
This is also a book about man and his desire to reach beyond himself – to grow through creation and aesthetic expression. The art of wars is protean—creative and destructive—ultimately transformative. The painting that depicts conflict is more than just a pictorial documentary of historic events, it serves to elevate these encounters and implied participants to a more profound level.