Paul K Davis

Masters of the Battlefield

Great Commanders from the Classical Age to the Napoleonic Era

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A catalogue of history's greatest military leaders - from the Classical Age to the Napoleonic Era - and what drove them to victory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1044g
• ISBN-13: 9780195342352
• ISBN-10: 0195342356
• Artikelnr.: 36052960

Autorenporträt

Paul K. Davis is a senior scientist and Research Leader at RAND and a Professor of Policy Analysis in the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His many books include Besieged and 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present, published by Oxford University Press, as well as Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism: A Component in the War on Al Qaeda, published by the RAND corporation.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Alexander (356-323 BC)
Chapter 2: HAN XIN (?-196 BC)
Chapter 3: HANNIBAL (247-182 BC)
Chapter 4: PUBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS (235-183 BC)
Chapter 5: BELISARIUS (505?-568)
Chapter 6: CHINGGIS KHAN (1162?-1227)
Chapter 7: JAN ZIZKA (1360?-1424)
Chapter 8: ODA NOBUNAGA (1534-1582)
Chapter 9: GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS (1594-1632)
Chapter 10: JOHN CHURCHILL, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH (1650-1722)
Chapter 11: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (April 29, 1769-1852)
Chapter 12: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (August 15, 1769-1821)
Chapter 13: Lessons Learned