Great Captains: A Course of Six Lectures Showing the Influences on the Art of War of the Campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Theodore Ayrault Dodge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026532209X ISBN 13: 9780265322093

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Great Captains: A Course of Six Lectures Showing the Influences on the Art of War of the Campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon

But, mindful that Gustavus was the first to rescue methodical war from the oblivion of the Middle Ages, and that he originated the modern system.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 026532209X
• ISBN 13: 9780265322093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 238