The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq / Victor Davis Hanson.

Author/creator Hanson, Victor Davis
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Description305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
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.
Generals--Biography.
Command of troops--History.

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 Korea: Matthew Ridgway takes over-winter 1950-51 -- Iraq is "lost": David Petraeus and the surge in Iraq-January 2007-May 2008.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012039654
ISBN9781608191635 (hbk.)
ISBN160819163X (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks UB200 .H36 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold