Great Captains. a Course of Six Lectures Showing the Influence on the Art of War of the Campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, C Sar, Gustavus Adolphus, Fr

Publisher Marketing: Title: Great Captains. A course of six lectures showing the influence on the art of war of the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, C sar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick and Napoleon. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The MILITARY HISTORY & WARFARE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This series offers titles on warfare from ancient to modern times. It includes detailed accounts of campaigns, battles, weapons, as well as the soldiers and commanders who devised, initiated, and supported war efforts throughout history. Specific analyses discuss the impact of war on societies, cultures, economies, and changing international relationships. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Dodge, Theodore Ayrault; Caesar, Caius Julius; 1889. x, 219 p.; 8 . 9009.i.14. Contributor Bio:  Dodge, Theodore Ayrault THEODORE AYRAULT DODGE (1842-1909) was considered by his contemporaries, as well as by many later historians, to be the greatest American military historian of the nineteenth century and an unparalleled biographer of some of history's greatest generals and commanders. He fought in the Union Army in some of the Civil War's fiercest and costliest engagements, including the Seven Days Battle, Second Bull Run, and Chancellorsville, until he lost his right leg at Gettysburg. These experiences provided him with insights into the realities of warfare that are sometimes lacking in the work of purely academic or ''armchair'' military historians.