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Masters of the Battlefield: Great Commanders from the Classical Age to the Napoleonic Era
By Davis, Paul K.
- ISBN
- 9780195342352
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on August 9, 2013 | Nonfiction
Davis's (100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present) latest work focuses on 15 commanders across history who demonstrated prowess at the "grand tactics" of operational warfare. Each chapter is devoted to a particular commander, from the classical world through the Napoleonic wars. Davis begins with Epaminondas, a Theban who defeated Sparta in the fourth century BCE, and ends with Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington. He explains in his introduction that he chose these particular men because the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
