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Alexander the Great - Conqueror, Commander, King (Paperback)
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Alexander the Great - Conqueror, Commander, King (Paperback)
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Alexander was perhaps the greatest conquering general in history.
In just over a generation, his northern Greek state of Macedon rose
to control the whole of the vast Persian Empire. It was the legacy
of his father, Philip, that launched Alexander on a spectacular
career of conquest that planted Hellenic culture across most of
Asia. In a dozen years Alexander took the whole of Asia Minor and
Egypt, destroyed the once mighty Persian Empire, and pushed his
army eastwards as far as the Indus. No-one in history has equalled
his achievement. Julius Caesar, contemplating his hero's statue, is
said to have wept because by contrast he had accomplished so
little. Much of Alexander's success can be traced to the Macedonian
phalanx, a close-ordered battle formation of sarissa-wielding
infantry that proved itself a war-winning weapon. The army
Alexander inherited from his father was the most powerful in
Greece, highly disciplined, trained and loyal only to the king.
United in a single purpose, they fought as one. Alexander
recognized this and is quoted as saying, "Remember upon the conduct
of each depends the fate of all." Cavalry was also of crucial
importance in the Macedonian army, as the driving force to attack
the flanks of the enemy in battle. A talented commander, able to
anticipate how his opponent would think, Alexander understood how
to commit his forces to devastating effect, and was never defeated
in battle. He also developed a corps of engineers that utilised
catapults and siege towers against enemy fortifications. Alexander
led from the front, fighting with his men, eating with them,
refusing water when there was not enough, and his men would quite
literally follow him to the ends of the (known) world, and none of
his successors was able to hold together the empire he had forged.
Although he died an early death his fame and glory persist to this
day. This concise history gives an overview of Alexander's life
from a military standpoint, from his early military exploits to the
creation of his empire and the legacy left after his premature
death.
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