An edition of The savior generals (2013)

The savior generals

how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq

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An edition of The savior generals (2013)

The savior generals

how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq

1st ed.
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Traces the stories of Themistocles, Belisarius, William Tecumseh Sherman, Matthew Ridgway, and David Petraeus, evaluating their pivotal military roles and the controversies that marked their careers.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Language
English
Pages
305

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Table of Contents

Athens is burning: Themistocles at Salamis-September 480 B.C.
Byzantium at the brink: the fireman Flavius Belisarius-A.D. 527-559
"Atlanta is ours and fairly won": William Tecumseh Sherman's gift to Abraham Lincoln-summer 1864
100 days in Korea: Matthew Ridgway takes over-winter 1950-51
Iraq is "lost": David Petraeus and the surge in Iraq-January 2007-May 2008.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.0092/2
Library of Congress
UB200 .H36 2013, UB200.H36 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
305 p.
Number of pages
305

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27151045M
Internet Archive
saviorgeneralsho0000hans
ISBN 10
160819163X
ISBN 13
9781608191635
LCCN
2012039654
OCLC/WorldCat
813690969

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