AlexanderAlexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) was incontestably one of the greatest military generals of all time. From the time he sacked Thebes and crossed the Hellespont to his death eleven years later, he conquered the entire Persian empire, including Tyre, Egypt, and Babylon, and moved on to present-day northern India and Afghanistan. He influenced the spread of Hellenism throughout the Near East and Asia, establishing many cities such as Alexandria that flourished long after his death.This classic study of Alexander, his predecessors, and his influence on the art of war remains fascinating and relevant over a hundred years after its initial publication. The classical works dealing with warfare in and before Alexander's time gave little more than bare facts of military matters; Dodge's contribution was to vividly reconstruct every major battle of Alexander's brilliant military career, to provide background material concerning the art of war before and during Alexander's reign, and to fully illustrate his narrative with invaluable maps and charts. The result is a masterpiece of military history—the book that inspired General J. F. C. Fuller to write his own classic study of Alexander, and one which will similarly inspire generations of future readers. |
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CHAPTER | 1 |
EARLY ORIENTAL ARMIES | 14 |
EARLY GREEK ARMIES AND WARS | 27 |
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Ægean agema Agrianians Alex Alexander Alexander's allies Amyntas ancient ander Arbela archers arms army Arrian Asia Minor Athenians Athens attack barbarians battle besiegers Bessus body Brasidas brigade camp campaign captured centre chariots citadel Clitus coast column command Companion cavalry Craterus crossed Curtius Cyrus danger Danube Darius defeated defense defile desert doubt enemy Epaminondas Euphrates feet fight flank foot force front garrison Gates Gordium Granicus Greece Greek mercenaries heavy Hephæstion hoplites horse hundred hypaspists Indian Indus infantry killed king land light troops Macedon Macedonian manœuvre Memnon miles military mountain oblique order Parmenio pass Pelium peltasts Perdiccas Persian Persian fleet phalangites phalanx Philip Philotas plain Porus Ptolemy ranks reached rear retreat river route sarissa satrap Scythians sent shields siege Sogdiana soldiers Spartan Spitamenes squadron strategos tactics Thebans Thebes Thessalian thousand Thracian towers town tribes Tyre Tyrians victory walls wing wounded Xenophon