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Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership

byBarry Strauss

In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss presents a historical account centered on alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of history and political science. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Publication date

2013

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9781439164495