The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq /
Hanson, Victor Davis.
The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq / Victor Davis Hanson. - 1st ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013. - 305 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
160819163X (hbk.) 9781608191635 (hbk.)
2012039654
Belisarius, approximately 505-565 --Military leadership.
Themistocles, approximately 524 B.C.-approximately 459 B.C. --Military leadership.
Petraeus, David Howell--Military leadership.
Ridgway, Matthew B. 1895-1993 --Military leadership.
Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 --Military leadership.
Command of troops--History.
Generals--Biography.
The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq / Victor Davis Hanson. - 1st ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013. - 305 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
160819163X (hbk.) 9781608191635 (hbk.)
2012039654
Belisarius, approximately 505-565 --Military leadership.
Themistocles, approximately 524 B.C.-approximately 459 B.C. --Military leadership.
Petraeus, David Howell--Military leadership.
Ridgway, Matthew B. 1895-1993 --Military leadership.
Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 --Military leadership.
Command of troops--History.
Generals--Biography.