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Q GREAT GENERALS 

in History 

US AIR FORCE ACADEMY 

LIBRARY 

Special Bibliography Series 

No.1 

a957 

'March 
Special Bibliogaphy No, 1, in* 

a new service of the Acadew Lib 

Future plans envision a continuation af 

this series, which will cover a great 

variet;y of subjects, 
ALEXANDER TIE GREAT 

Tarn, William W, Alexander the Great. The University 

Press, Canibridge, Ehgland, 19b0. (DF23bT18) 

An authoritative biography of the greatest mili - 

tary figure of the ancient world, 

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De Beer, Sir GarYin R, Alps and elephants ; Wannibdlls 

march. NEW York, Dutton, 1956, (DG2 

Years of study of original sources produced this 

work describing Hannibal's crossing of .the Alps 

to attack Rome. 

CAESAR 

Walter, Gerard, Caesar; a biography. New York, 

Scribners, 1952. (DG261423) 

The most detailed biography in the English language of Rome's finest general. 

CONSTANTINE THE GRFXiT 1 

Burckhardt, Jacdb. The Age of Constantine the Great. I 

i New York, Pantheon Books8 1949, (DG315-B94) 

A nineteenth century classic newly tiransla-kl Into English. 

~rrd his age are analyzed, 

The first Christian Raman emperor 

zarab, Harold. Charlemagne; the legend and the man. 

New York, Doubleday, l%b* (DC73-L21) 

A reconsideration, based on contemporq sources, 

of the most outstanding figure of the Dark Ages, 

An attempt to portray the real man rather than 

the legend. 

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WILLIAM TKPl CONQUEROR 

Freeman, Edward A. William the Conqueror. London, 

A dramatic narratxive of the career and work of 

the last conqueror of England, 

mcmillan, 1888. (DAi97-~85) 

Lamb, Harold. Genghis Kahn; emperor of all. men. 

New York, Doubleday, 1927, (DS22-L21) 

A popular biography of Asia's most successful 

warrior. I 

CORTEZ 

Collis, Maurice. Cortez and Monbzuma. New York, 

Harcourt, Brace, 1955, (F123047l) 

A retelling of the dramatic conflict bekeen the 

Spanish canqueror and the last independent ruler 

of the Aztecs. 

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 

Fletcher, C. R. Lo Gwtaw Adolphus. New York, Put- ~18m, 1890, (DL76F61) 

"The Lion af the North", and his accarnplishmenb i 

in the Thirw Years War. I 

Firth, Sir Charles H. Oliver Cranwell. New York, 

Qxford University Press, 1953. (DA-&6-F52) 

A quickly paced biography cxf the Puritan Leader, 

with much emp2msis on his military career. 

Oooch, George P. Frederick the Great; the ruler the 

wri-r, the man. New York, Knopf, 19h7. (IlDLOb- 

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FREDERICK THE GREAT (cont.) 

An English hJstorianIs account of the most auto- cratic af rulers and greatest of generals, 

WASHINGTON 

Freeman, Douglas S. George Washington. New York, 

Scribners, 1948-54. 6 volms e (E312-F85) 

I The monumental life in monumental form. 

NAPOLEON 1 

Thompson, James M, Napoleon Bonapar New York, Oxford University Press, 1952, (DC203-Tk73) 

One of the few books written in English that is 

abreast af the latest scholarship in this wellplowed field, 

GuedaLla, Philip. Wellington. New York, Harpers, 

l93l (DA61 12-WbsG) 

A well-proportioned life af the soldier and the 

statesman told in an exceptionally readable style. 

MSers, Earl So Robert E. Lee a great life in brief, I New York, Knopf, 1956. (Ek?.l-Lk?Mi) 

The author’s purpose ia not to alter the accepted 

picture of the subject, but to reproduce it as 

accurately aa possible in a book of su~~na.tion, 

STONEWALL JACKSON 

Davis, Burke, They called him Stonewall; a life of Lte 

General To J, Jacbon, C. S. A. New York, Rhehart, 

U5L. (EW6.l-Jl.D 1 

The great Southern campaigner portrayed as a person rather than a heroic plaster figure. 

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Catton, Bruce, U, S. Grant and the American rnili- 

*adkbion. Boston, Litflc, Brawn, 1954m (E%72*36) 

A s-kraightforward, sympaUletic biography of Grant, 

concentrating on his services to his coun2sy as 

s oldier and pres ident. 

MOLTKE 

Whittor,, Frederick E, Moltke, New York, Holt, 1921. 1 

(DDZl.9 -M7ZW) t 

The organizer of victory for the German peaple in 

the Franco Prussian War. 

Palmer, Frederick, John J. Pershing, General of the 

Armies. 

lishing Go., 1948. (E181-Ph66P) 

Harrisburg, Pa., Military Service PubThe author, a personal friend of General Pershhg, 

reveals many details of the man and his military 

accomplishments. 

MACARTHUR 

Kenney, Gt xge C, The MacArthpr I Knw. New York, 

i Duiell, Sloan and Pearce, 1951m (E7&MlU) 

A persona 1 appraisal. of General. MacArthur by the 

Air Force general who worked with him in the 

Pacific in Warld War 11, 

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Payne, Pierre. The Marshall Story. NC~W York, PrenticeHal, IYS1. (E7bs-M36P) 

A biography of George Catlett Marshall, gi~g 

mar~y details of the generalts long career. 

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Smith, Water Bedell. Eissnhawerts six weat decisions. 

New YWk, Lon-, 1956, (~756-SO6) 

Eisenharerls Chief of Staff during World tt’~ 11 

reviews the six most impartant decisions made 

the Suprema Camm;mder during the European 

campaign. 

Bradley, Onar Ne A soldiarts story. New Ymk, Hdt, 

IS%-. (D756mB81) 

The C,I. 19 Genera tells how .taZe war 

European theatre was fought and why it w8s fought 

that way, 

PATTON 

Patton, George S. War as I hew it. Boston, WoughtonThe colorful, often caustic, memoirs of a colorful 

genera. 

Mifflin, 19470 (D7430P322) 

Arnold, Henry H, Global mission, New York, Harpers, 

19490 (D790475) 

The former head of the Arnlp Air Force carribines his 

autobiography with the history of military aviatiiorr 

in the United States and describes the part he 

and that organization played in World War XI. 

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