Leadership in War

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Thutmose III -- Ramesses II -- Joshua -- King David -- Tiglath-Pileser III -- Sun Tzu -- Cyrus The Great -- Leonidas -- Themistocles -- Thucydides -- Alcibiades -- Xenophon -- Philip II of Macedon -- Alexander the Great -- Hannibal -- Scipo Africanus -- Judah Maccabeus -- Pompey -- Julius Caesar -- Arminius -- Trajan -- Zhuge Liang -- Alaric I -- Aetius -- Attila -- Theodoric -- Clovis -- Belisarius -- Muhammad -- Charlemagne -- Alfred the Great -- Hastein -- William the Conqueror -- Bohemond I -- Frederick Barbarossa -- Genghis Khan -- Kublai Khan -- Alexander Nevsky -- Baibars -- Tamerlane -- The Black Prince -- Henry V -- Joan of Arc -- Sultan Mehmet II -- Herman Cortes -- Suleyman the Magnificent -- Gonzalo De Cordoba -- Akbar the Great -- Oda Nobunaga.;"The Art of War: Great Commanders of the Ancient and Medieval World is an authoritative account of the lives and careers of the greatest military commanders of the period, from Julius Caesar to Judas Maccabeus, from Belisarius to Bohemond, and from Trajan to Tamerlane. Every commander is profiled in a concise and informative 3000-word article which not only brings its subject vividly to life via a lively, fact-driven narrative, but also analyses and assesses his tactical and strategic gifts. Each biography is accompanied by a 'battle feature' or 'campaign feature' - embellished by a full-colour battle plan or campaign map - focusing on the commander's greatest battlefield achievement."--Publisher's description.