Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the Battle of Ipsus, 301 BC, with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian / Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
Dodge, Theodore Ayrault, 1842-1909.
1996
U33 .D63 1996 (Mapit)
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Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the Battle of Ipsus, 301 BC, with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian / Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
Author
Dodge, Theodore Ayrault, 1842-1909.
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed.
ISBN
9780306806902 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0306806908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Da Capo Press, 1996.
Language
English
Description
xxv, 692 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Call Number
U33 .D63 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
355/.00938
Summary
Alexander 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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Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1890.
Includes index.
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In general
Early history of war
Early Oriental armies
Early Greek armies and wars
Cyrus and Darius. B.C. 558 to 485
Armies in the fifth century B.C.
Miltiades. Marathon. B.C. 490
Brasidas. B.C. 424-422
Xenophan. Agesilaus. B.C. 401-394
Epaminondas. B.C. 371-362
Philip and Macedon. B.C. 359-336
Philip and his army. B.C. 359-336
The art of fortification and sieges
Alexander and Greece. B.C. 336
The Danube. B.C. 335
Pelium. B.C. 335
Thebes. B.C. 335
Off for Asia. B.C. 334
Battle of the Granicus. May, B.C. 334
Sardis. Miletus. Halicarnassus. Summer and Fall, B.C. 334
To the Taurus. Winter, B.C. 334-333
Cilicia. Summer and Fall, B.C. 333
Issus. November, B.C. 333
Tyre. December, B.C. 333, to August, B.C. 332
Gaza and Egypt. September, B.C. 332, to spring, B.C. 331
On to Babylon. Spring to September, B.C. 331
Arbela. October 1, B.C. 331
Babylon. Susa. The Uxians. October to December, B.C. 331
The Persian Gates. December, B.C. 331, to March, B.C. 330
Darius. March to July, B.C. 330
Bessus. July to fall, B.C. 330
Philotas. Fall, B.C. 330
The Caucasus. Fall, B.C. 330, to May, B.C. 329
The Jaxzartes. Summer, B.C. 329
Spitamenes. Summer, B.C. 329, to Fall, B.C. 328
Clitus. Winter, B.C. 329-328
Roxana. Winter, B.C. 328-327
The Cophen Country. May, B.C. 327, to Winter
Aornus. Late Winter, B.C. 326
Porus. March to May, B.C. 326
Battle of the Hydaspes. May, B.C. 326
The Five Rivers. May to July, B.C. 326
Turning back. July to October, B.C. 326
The Mallians. November, B.C. 326, to February, B.C. 325
Gedrosia. February, B.C. 325, to February, B.C. 324
Mutiny. July, B.C. 324
Babylon. August, B.C. 324, to June, B.C. 323
The man and soldier
The successors of Alexander. Eumenes and Antigonus. Philopoemen
Some ancient marches
Losses in some ancient battles
Marches of Alexander
Genealogy of Alexander.

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