| Description |
ix, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 22 cm |
| Series |
World generals series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-199) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Introduction : born into a state of war -- Auspicious beginnings -- Long live the king -- From Granicus to Gordium -- Turning point at Issus -- The takedown of Tyre -- From Gaza to Alexandria -- Decision at Gaugamela -- To the victor go the spoils -- Last stand at Persian Gate -- From Persepolis to the Caspian Gates -- The king of Asia -- The crossroads at Syr Darya -- On the frontier -- Men fly over Sogdian Rock -- Into the headwaters of the Indus -- Siege at Aornos -- Triumph at Hydaspes -- Ever eastward -- The end of the road -- A Macedonian against the Malhi -- From great rivers to waterless wilderness -- Back to Persis -- Final days in Babylon -- What was and what might have been -- Epilogue: lasting legacy. |
| Subject |
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
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Generals -- Greece -- Biography.
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Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
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Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780230619159 (hc.) |
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0230619150 (hc.) |
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