Masters of the battlefield :: great commanders from the classical age to the Napoleonic era /

""The personality of a general is indispensable, "" Napoleon once said. ""He is the head, he is the all, of an army."" In Masters of the Battlefield, Paul K. Davis offers vivid portraits of fifteen legendary military leaders whose brilliance on and off the bat...

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1. Verfasser: Davis, Paul K., 1952-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
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Zusammenfassung:""The personality of a general is indispensable, "" Napoleon once said. ""He is the head, he is the all, of an army."" In Masters of the Battlefield, Paul K. Davis offers vivid portraits of fifteen legendary military leaders whose brilliance on and off the battlefield embody this maxim. Hailing from the earliest days of Greek warfare to France at the turn of the nineteenth century, these men stand out for their tactical abilities--generals who made a difference in combat, grasping the way an enemy would think or move and reacting not just to ensure victory, but do so in the face of superior for
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199711758
0199711755
1299559360
9781299559363

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