I ended up canceling Starz because I have Netflix. Most of the movies and all of the series seem to be available for streaming at the same time they're being shown on the network. I caught Spartacus and Pillars of the Earth the same weeks they aired on Starz.
Winston Chuchill was quoted as saying: before Alamein we never won a battle, after Alamein we never lost one.   Answer   The Battle was a turning point in the North African campaign. Just prior to this, the British changed their commanders.
The afterword looks at the Civil War itself as a turning point in American history. In a preface to this Bison Book, James A. Rawley, considers recent books that sustain the idea of turning points during the Civil War. Review: James Rawley does a magnificent job breaking down the civil war into 7 major turning points.