Title:
The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq
Author:
Hanson, Victor Davis
ISBN:
9781608191635
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
305 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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.
Summary:
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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First Title value, for Searching:
The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq / Victor Davis Hanson.