Alexander the Great
Subtitle: Journey to the End of the Earth
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, USA; London, UK
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780060570125
Description: From the Preface...

RECENT EVENTS in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan have drawn our attention again to Alexander the Great. Three hundred years before Christ, this hero of antiquity led an army of Macedonians and Greeks on a route through the Middle East and Central Asia that intersected with the recent tactical deployment of the U.S. Army and Marines.

The first Western ruler to attempt a war of conquest in the Middle East and Central Asia, Alexander triumphed. But his army was no more comfortable than American forces have been in the difficult terrain and climate of Kabul, Baghdad, and surrounding territories.

In this book I have minimized the romance and fantasies associated with Alexander, trying instead to construct a critical and well-rounded assessment of the man and the world in which he lived.
Table of contents: label: Preface; label: 1
title: The Greek World; label: 2
title: Who Was Alexander?; label: 3
title: The March of Conquest; label: 4
title: The Last Years; label: 5
title: How “Great” Was Alexander?; label: Notes; label: Bibliography