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The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq

text The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq

Hanson, Victor Davis.

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.

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... Read more

Format: text

Description: 305 pages ; 25 cm

Publisher: Bloomsbury Press 2013

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	355 HAN in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Library	Location	Status
TADL-WOOD	355 HAN in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Generals Biography Command of troops History Themistocles approximately 524 B.C.-approximately 459 B.C Military leadership Belisarius approximately 505-565 Military leadership Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891 Military leadership Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker) 1895-1993 Military leadership Petraeus, David Howell Military leadership

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