The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq / Victor Davis Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanson, Victor Davis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petraeus, David Howell.

Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.

Belisarius, approximately 505-565.

Themistocles, approximately 524 B.C.-approximately 459 B.C.

Generals--Biography.

Generals.

Command of troops--History.

Command of troops.

Themistocles, approximately 524 B.C.-approximately 459 B.C--Military leadership.

Themistocles.

Belisarius, approximately 505-565--Military leadership.

Belisarius.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Military leadership.

Sherman, William T.

Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993--Military leadership.

Ridgway, Matthew B.

Petraeus, David Howell--Military leadership.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.

Summary:

Traces the stories of Themistocles, Belisarius, William Tecumseh Sherman, Matthew Ridgway, and David Petraeus, evaluating their pivotal military roles and the controversies that marked their careers.

Contents:

Athens is burning: Themistocles at Salamis-September 480 B.C.

Byzantium at the brink: the fireman Flavius Belisarius-A.D. 527-559

"Atlanta is ours and fairly won": William Tecumseh Sherman's gift to Abraham Lincoln-summer 1864

100 days in Korea: Matthew Ridgway takes over-winter 1950-51

Iraq is "lost": David Petraeus and the surge in Iraq-January 2007-May 2008.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608191635

160819163X

OCLC:

813690969