1 option
Alexander the Great : lessons from history's undefeated general / Bill Yenne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yenne, Bill, 1949-
- Series:
- World generals series
- The world generals series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
- Alexander.
- Generals--Greece--Biography.
- Generals.
- Greece.
- Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
- History.
- Greece--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Introduction : born into a state of war
- Auspicious beginnings
- Long live the king
- From Granicus to Gordium
- Turning point at Issus
- The takedown of Tyre
- From Gaza to Alexandria
- Decision at Gaugamela
- To the victor go the spoils
- Last stand at Persian Gate
- From Persepolis to the Caspian Gates
- The king of Asia
- The crossroads at Syr Darya
- On the frontier
- Men fly over Sogdian Rock
- Into the headwaters of the Indus
- Siege at Aornos
- Triumph at Hydaspes
- Ever eastward
- The end of the road
- A Macedonian against the Malhi
- From great rivers to waterless wilderness
- Back to Persis
- Final days in Babylon
- What was and what might have been
- Epilogue: lasting legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230619159
- 0230619150
- OCLC:
- 422758495
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.