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Cargando... Great captains: The art of war in the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon (1889)por Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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This book comprises six lectures delivered under the auspices of the Lowell Institute by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge in Boston in January, 1889.Each lecture focuses on a historically significant leader-namely Alexander, Hannibal, Cs?ar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon-and "aims to indicate briefly what we owe to the great captains, and to draw an intelligible outline of their careers." Dodge has utilized an abundance of sources of information, from Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander to Jomini's Life of Napoleon, and the book is illustrated with 21 maps. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In general the Captains are compared only indirectly, with few declarations of one or the other's superiority. (Frederick, for example, is proclaimed the best tactician.) The most interesting parts of each lecture are usually the last 8 or 10 pages of analysis, where there a few gems, while the overviews of campaigns and battles are too rushed and generalized to be satisfying, unless a quick overview is all that's desired. ( )