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Bibliographic data for Title: View larger image; Author(s): Julian Thompson; ISBN: 1844423352; ISBN-13: 9781844423354; Publisher: Carlton Books; Publication Date: 06 Aug 2007; Pages: 68pp (260 x 298mm); Illustrations: approx. 160 colour & b&w illustrations; Format: Hardback; Published Price: £30.00

Masters of the Battlefield

by Julian Thompson

Outline: Written by one of Britain's most successful living battlefield commanders, "Masters of the Battlefield" examines the lives and tactics of 30 of the world's greatest military leaders. Arranged chronologically, each general is represented by a colour-illustrated double-page spread containing a biography, a campaign map and a specially commissioned, large-format, full-colour battle map of his most famous victory, which can be pulled out and unfolded to reveal the individual genius of each commander. Bringing to life the victorious exploits of history's most famous military leaders, this book will appeal to military history enthusiasts and amateur psychologists alike.
Contents: Introduction; Alexander the Great: Gaugamela; Hannibal: Cannae; Julius Caesar: Siege of Alesia; Saladin: Hattin; Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma: Siege of Antwerp; Maurice of Nassau: Nieuport; Gustavus Adolphus: Breitenfeld; Oliver Cromwell: Dunbar; Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne: Rhineland; Duke of Marlborough: Blenheim; Prince Eugene of Savoy: Peterwardein; Maurice Comte de Saxe: Fontenoy; Frederick the Great: Rossbach; Alexander Suvorov: Northern Italy; Duke of Wellington: Assaye; Napoleon Bonaparte: Austerlitz; Ulysses S. Grant: Vicksburg; Robert E. Lee: Chancellorsville; Paul von Hindenburg: Tannenburg; Mustafa Kemal: Gallipoli; Arthur Currie: Drocourt-Queant; Sir John Monash: Hamel; Heinz Guderian: Meuse Crossing at Sedan; Erwin Rommel: Gazala Western Desert; Alphonse Juin: Cassino; Bernard Montgomery: Battle of Normandy; Georgi Zhukov: Berlin; Douglas MacArthur: Inchon, Korea; Vo Nguyen Giap: Dien Bien Phu, Norman Schwarzkopf; Gulf War.