Research Catalog

Title

The military legacy of Alexander the Great : lessons for the information age / Michael P. Ferguson and Ian Worthington ; conclusion by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, U.S. Army (retired).

Author

Ferguson, Michael P.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Details

Additional Authors

• Worthington, Ian
• Taylor & Francis

Description

1 online resource.

Subject

• Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Military leadership
• Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Influence
• Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

Why Alexander the Great? Then and Now -- Part I The Environment -- Alexander's Macedonian Background and Influences -- A Brave New World? -- Part II Military Organization and Structure -- The Macedonian Army and Greek Warfare -- Organizing, Innovating, and Prioritizing Modernization -- Part III Choosing Battles -- And Winning Wars? -- Alexander's First Campaigns. -- Alexander In Persia 1: King of Asia -- Alexander In Persia 2: Mission Accomplished? -- The Art of Control and the Enduring Fog of War -- Part IV Eastern Exposure -- Alexander In Central Asia -- Alexander In India and his Final Years -- West Meets East: Command and Control? -- The Trials and Tolls of Expeditionary Warfare -- Part V The Human Domain -- Alexander's Generalship -- Alexander's Grand Strategy: Model or Model Failure? -- Conclusion / by Lt. General H. R. McMaster.

ISBN

• 9781000994162 (electronic bk.)
• 1000994163 (electronic bk.)

OCLC

ebd3556128264

Author

Ferguson, Michael P., author.

Title

The military legacy of Alexander the Great : lessons for the information age / Michael P. Ferguson and Ian Worthington ; conclusion by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, U.S. Army (retired).

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Note

Description based on print version record.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Added Author

Worthington, Ian, author.

Taylor & Francis

Other Form:

Online version: Ferguson, Michael P. Military legacy of Alexander the Great Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 9781003052951 (DLC) 2023024834

Original 9780367482435 0367482436 9780367512323 0367512327 (DLC) 2023024833