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Gods of war : history's greatest military rivals
by Lacey, Jim, 1958- (Author), Murray, Williamson (Author)
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Summary
Any meeting of genius may create sparks, but when military geniuses meet, their confrontations play out upon a vast panorama of states or civilizations at war, wielding the full destructive power of a mighty nation's armies. Gods of War is the first single-volume, in-depth examination of the most ce... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A framework for war
- Hannibal and Scipio
- Caesar and Pompey
- Richard I and Saladin
- NapoleĢon and Wellington
- Grant and Lee
- Rommel, Montgomery, and Patton
- Conclusion: Modern warfare and the system of genius
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.
