World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary

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World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary Copyright © 2007 by Mark Grossman All rights reserved. No part of this book ma ...

This book is dedicated to my good friends Carol Hoffman, Paula Herbst, and Audrey and Alan Taylor, without whose incredible supp ...

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Breathes There the Man Sir Walter Scott Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, ...

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List of Entries xi Introduction xv Entries A to Z 1 Bibliography 367 Index 403 Contents ...

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List of entries Abbas I Abercromby, Sir Ralph Æthelstan Aetius, Flavius Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius Ahenob ...

xii List of entries Caesar, Julius Gaius Campbell, Sir Colin, Baron Clyde Charles XII Charles, archduke of Austria Charles Marte ...

List of entries xiii Kluge, Hans Günther von Kublai Khan Kuropatkin, Alexei Nikolaevich Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishc ...

xiv List of entries Samsonov, Alexander Vasilyevich Santa Anna, Antonio López de Sargon II Saxe, Hermann Maurice, comte de Schee ...

T he history of warfare can be considered the history of humankind. But stories behind the wars—behind the leaders who led soldi ...

in it—has been studied over the centuries through writings, reminiscences, and strategies. The character, responsibilities, and ...

eral of the Army, although in some nations the much older term field marshal is used. The same general principle applies to nava ...

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Abbas I (Abbas the Great) (1571–1629) shah of Persia Abbas the Great (ruled 1587–1629), known for his military exploits in the P ...