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Alexander the Great: lessons from history's undefeated general

By BILL , le Grand Alexandre;Yenne

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
9780230619159, 0230619150
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2441355 bytes)
Series
World generals series
Edition
1st ed
Pages
204\225
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 356-323 av. J.-C;Généraux -- Grèce -- Biographi-- le GrandGénéraux--Grèce;Rois et souverains--Grèce;Biograph

Description

Prologue -- Introduction : born into a state of war -- Auspicious beginnings -- Long live the king -- From Granicus to Gordium -- Turning point at Issus -- The takedown of Tyre -- From Gaza to Alexandria -- Decision at Gaugamela -- To the victor go the spoils -- Last stand at Persian Gate -- From Persepolis to the Caspian Gates -- The king of Asia -- The crossroads at Syr Darya -- On the frontier -- Men fly over Sogdian Rock -- Into the headwaters of the Indus -- Siege at Aornos -- Triumph at Hydaspes -- Ever eastward -- The end of the road -- A Macedonian against the Malhi -- From great rivers to waterless wilderness -- Back to Persis -- Final days in Babylon -- What was and what might have been -- Epilogue: lasting legacy.

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