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_aGreat military leaders and their campaigns / _cedited by Jeremy Black. |
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_aLondon : _bThames & Hudson, _cc2008. |
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_a304 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; _c33 cm. |
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505 | 0 | _aIntroduction: Military Leadership. THE ANCIENT WORLD : Cyrus the Great: Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire -- Alexander the Great: Macedonian Conqueror of Western Asia -- Chandragupta: Creator of the Mauryan Empire in India -- Shi Huangdi: First Emperor of China -- Hannibal: Daring Carthaginian General who challenged the Might of Rome -- Julius Caesar: Conqueror of Gaul and Dictator -- Augustus: The First Emperor of Rome -- Trajan: Roman Emperor who expanded the Imperial Domains to their Greatest Extent -- Belisarius: Byzantine General who Conquered Italy and North Africa. | |
505 | 8 | _aTHE MEDIEVAL WORLD : Charlemagne: Leader of the Franks and First Holy Roman Emperor -- Otto the Great: German Holy Roman Emperor who defeated the Magyars -- William the Conqueror: Norman Invader of England -- Saladin: Muslim Victor over the Crusaders -- Frederick Barbarossa: German Holy Roman Emperor who Died on Crusade -- Chingiz Khan: Fearsome Mongol Leader who created the Largest Empire in Europe -- Timur: Creator of a Great Central Asian Empire -- Edward I: King of England who Conquered Wales and Campaigned in Scotland -- Robert Bruce: Scottish King who defeated the English -- Jan Zizka: Czech General who never lost a Battle -- Janos Hunyadi: Hungarian National Hero who defeated the Turks. | |
505 | 8 | _aTHE AGE OF EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS : Hernando Cortes: Spanish Conqueror of the Aztecs -- Francisco Pizarro: Destroyer of the Inca Empire -- Sultan Selim I: Supreme Ottoman Leader who vanquished the Mamluks of Egypt -- Suleyman the Magnificent: Supreme Ottoman Sultan who Conquered Hungary -- Emperor Charles V: Habsburg Ruler who waged the Italian Wars -- Babur: Mughal Conqueror of Northern India -- Akbar: Builder of the Mughal Empire -- Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Great Unifier of Japan -- Shah Abbas I: Safavid Ruler who Built Iran into a Great Power -- Gustavus Adolphus: Great Swedish Commander and King during the Thirty Years' War -- Turenne: Able French Marshal in the Age of Louis XIV -- Oliver Cromwell: Victorious General in the British Civil Wars -- Jan Sobieski: Polish King who triumphed over the Turks at Vienna -- Peter the Great: Russian Tsar who defeated the Swedes in the Great Northern War -- Duke of Marlborough: English Victor of the Battle of Blenheim -- Frederick the Great: King of Prussia who defeated the Austrians -- Nader Shah: Iranian King and Great 18th-century Warrior -- Qianlong Emperor: Expansionist Ruler of the Qing Dynasty -- George Washington: Inspiring Rebel Commander and First American President -- Napoleon: Emperor of France and Conqueror of Much of Europe -- Horatio Nelson: British Naval Hero against France -- Duke of Wellington: British Victor over Napoleon. | |
505 | 8 | _aTHE MODERN AGE : Shaka Zulu: Leader who forged a Now Force in Southern Africa -- Simon Bolivar: Hero of the Latin American Wars of Independence -- Giuseppe Garibaldi: Flamboyant Nationalist General in the Wars of Italian Unification -- Moltke the Elder: Key Prussian General in the Wars of German Unification -- Ulysses S. Giant: Victorious Union Central in the American Civil War -- Robert E. Lee: Masterful Confederate Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia -- Menelik: Ethiopian Ruler who repulsed an Italian Invasion -- Garnet Wolseley: Key General of British Imperialism -- Admiral Togo: Japanese Commander who destroyed the Russian Fleet -- Marshal Foch: French General and Commander of Allied Forces in World War I -- Erich Ludendorff: Leading German General of World War I -- Mustafa Kemal: Great Turkish Nationalist Leader -- Erich von Manstein: Ablest of Hitler's Generals -- Dwight D. Eisenhower: Supreme Allied Commander during World War II -- Georgy Zhukov: Greatest Soviet General of World War II -- Admiral Nimitz: Successful Commander of American Naval Forces against Japan -- Vo Nguyen Giap: North Vietnamese General who Defeated the French and Americans. Great Military Leaders A to Z. | |
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