Alexander the Great : lessons from history's undefeated general / Bill Yenne.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yenne, Bill, 1949-
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:First edition.
Series:World generals series.
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Generals > Greece > Biography.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Greece > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:ix, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.