Alexander (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, Ian M. Cuthbertson (Introduction)

Overview

In Alexander, Theodore Ayrault Dodge lays out a detailed account of Alexanders spectacular life and supplies a vivid reconstruction of all of the major battles Alexander fought in his short but successful march of conquest. Dodge amply illustrates through this detailed history of the nature of warfare in the ancient world why both his contemporaries and later historians and soldiers held up Alexander as being one of the greatest commanders of all time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411431140
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Series:	Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	608
Sales rank:	583,834
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Theodore Ayrault Dodge was the paramount American military historian of the nineteenth century and an unparalleled biographer of some of historys greatest commanders and generals. Dodge fought in the Union Army in some of the Civil Wars fiercest and costliest engagements, until he lost his right leg at Gettysburg. These experiences provided him with insights on the realities of warfare that are sometimes lacking in the work of purely academic or "armchair" military historians.