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

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 and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Description	305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2012039654
ISBN	9781608191635 (hbk.)
ISBN	160819163X (hbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	UB200 .H36 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold