The Generalship of Alexander the Great

Author: J.F.C. Fuller

In a brief and meteoric life (356-323 BC) the greatest of all conquerors redirected the course of world history. Alexander the Great accomplished this feat with a small army-no more than 40,000 men-and a constellation of bold, revolutionary ideas about the conduct of war and the nature of government. In a style both clear and witty, Fuller imparts the many sides to Alexander's genius and the full extent of his empire, stretching from India to Egypt.

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"Of all General Fuller's brilliant books, this is his masterpiece." --B. H. Liddell Hart. In a brief and meteoric life (356-323 BC) the greatest of all conquerors redirected the course of world history. Alexander the Great accomplished this feat with a small army-no more than 40,000 men-and a constellation of bold, revolutionary ideas about the conduct of war and the nature of government. In a style both clear and witty, Fuller imparts the many sides to Alexander's genius and the full extent of his empire, stretching from India to Egypt.

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"Of all general fuller's brilliant books, this is his masterpiece."

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J. F. C. Fuller was one of the most important and original military thinkers of the twentieth century. He served as a lieutenant in Britain's Boer War, organized the first British tank corps in World War I, and developed the strategy and tactics of tank warfare that were later put to use by the Nazis for their World War II blitzkriegs. His many books include "A Military History of the Western World" (3 volumes) and "The Generalship of Alexander the Great,"