Alexander the Great Lessons from History's Undefeated General [Hardcover]

When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.

The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's army in the victory over the Thebans and Athenians at the Battle of Chaeroneaall when he was still just a teenager. By the time of his death at age 32, he had amassed an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River and included all of Persia and most of Egypt. He ruled as both the shah of Persia and as a pharaoh of Egypt by right of conquest, and he was also crowned king of Asia.

Here, historian Bill Yenne illuminates the legendary vision of this classical hero. Exhibiting the best traits of a battlefield leader, Alexander was audacious, aggressive, fearless and victorious. His unfailing integration of strategic vision and tactical genius took him to the ends of the earth, and into immortality as a military leader. Alexander's influence on cultural and political history and the scope of his military prowess remains awe-inspiring to this day.

Before Alexander
Early Days
Chaeronea
Long Live the King
From Granicus to Halicarnassus
Turning Point at Issus
The Reduction of Tyre
Bloody Gaza
Wonders of the World
Decision at Gaugamela
Last Stand at Persian Gate
Men Fly Over Sogdian Rock
Siege at Aornos
Triumph at Hydaspes
Trouble on the Indus
Death in Babylon
What Was
What Might Have Been
Lasting Legacy

Hugely experienced military historian Bill Yenne has added yet another glittering feather to his cap with this impeccably source-based account of the military Midas of the ancient world. One can only agree with General Wesley K. Clark that Alexander's legacy is enduringly informative. Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University and author of Alexander the Great

An excellent survey of Alexander's exploits and a vividl3K