Gabriel explains how Muhammad changed the social composition of Arab armies by replacing the traditional way of fighting - as individuals and clans - with a new command structure.
The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced, suffered both these fates.
In all these things, Philip exceeded Alexander s triumphs.This book establishes Philip s legitimate and deserved place in military history, which, until now, has been largely minimized in favor of his son by the classicist writers who have ...