Great military leaders and their campaigns

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Thames & Hudson

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[2008]

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English

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Introduction: Military leadership

The ancient world. Cyrus the Great : founder of the Achaemenid Persian empire

Alexander the Great : Macedonian conqueror of Western Asia

Chandragupta : creator of the Mauryan empire in India

Shi Huangdi : first emperor of China

Hannibal : daring Carthaginian general who challenged the might of Rome

Julius Caesar : conqueror of Gaul and dictator

Augustus : the first emperor of Rome

Trajan : Roman emperor who expanded the imperial domains to their greatest extent

Belisarius : Byzantine general who conquered Italy and North Africa

The medieval world. Charlemagne : leader of the Franks and first Holy Roman empire

Otto the Great : German Holy Roman emperor who defeated the Magyars

William the Conqueror : Norman invader of England

Saladin : Muslim victor over the Crusaders

Frederick Barbarossa : German Holy Roman emperor who died on crusade

Chingiz Khan : fearsome Mongol leader who created the largest empire in Europe

Timur : creator of a great central Asian empire

Edward I : King of England who conquered Wales and campaigned in Scotland

Robert Bruce : Scottish king who defeated the English

Jan Zǐzǩa : Czech general who never lost a battle

Jańos Hunyadi : Hungarian national hero who defeated the Turks

The age of empires and revolution. Hernando Corteś : Spanish conqueror of the Aztecs

Francisco Pizarro : destroyer of the Inca empire

Sultan Selim I : supreme Ottoman leader who vanquished the Mamluks of Egypt

Sul̈eyman the Magnificent : supreme Ottoman sultan who waged the Italian wars

Babur : Maghal conqueror of northern India

Akbar : builder of the Mughal empire

Toyotomi Hideyoshi : great unifier of Japan

Shah Abbas I : Safavid ruler tho built Iran into a great power

Gustavus Adolphus : great Swedish commander and king during the Thirty Years' War

Turenne : able French marshal in the age of Louis XIV

Oliver Cromwell : victorious general in the British civil wars

Jan Sobieski : Polish king who triumphed over the Turks at Vienna

Peter the Great :Russian tsar who defeated the Swedes in the great northern war

Duke of Marlborough : English victor of the Battle of Blenheim

Frederick the Great : King of Prussia who defeated the Austrians

Nader Shah : Iranian king and great 18-th century warrior

Qianlong Emperor : expansionist ruler of the Qing dynasty

George Washington : inspiring rebel commander and first American president

Napolean : Emperor of France and conqueror of much of Europe

Horatio Nelson : British naval hero against France

Duke of Wellington : British victor over Napolean

The modern age. Shaka Zulu : leader who forged a new force in southern Africa

Simoń Boliv́ar : hero of the Latin American Wars of Independence

Giuseppe Garibaldi : flamboyant Nationalist general in the Wars of Italian Unification

Moltke the Elder : key Prussian general in the Wars of German unification

Ulysses S. Grant : victorious Union general in the American Civil War

Robert E. Lee : masterful Confederate commander of the army of northern Virginia

Menelik : Ethiopian ruler who repulsed the Italian invasion

Garnet Wolseley : key general of British imperialism

Admiral Togo : Japanese commander who destroyed the Russian fleet

Marshal Foch : French general and commander of Allied Forces in World War I

Erich Ludendorff : leading German general of World War I

Mustafa Kemal : great Turkish Nationalist leader

Erich von Manstein : ablest of Hitler's generals

Dwight D. Eisenhower : supreme Allied commander during World War II

Georgy Zhukov : greatest Soviet general of World War II

Admiral Nimitz L successful commander of American naval forces against Japan

Vo Nguyen Giap : North Vietamese general who defeated the French and Americans.

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This authoritative and magnificently illustrated book examines the entire history of war through the eyes of the leading protagonists, from Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC to Vo Nguyen Giap in the 20th century. The large format allows for a full display of illustrations and spectacular battle reconstructions.

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Biographies
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Great military leaders and their campaigns

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Great military leaders and their campaigns