The genius of Alexander the Great
By: N.G.L. Hammond.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780807823507
Subjects: Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Psychology; Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382-336 B.C. -- Influence; Generals -- Greece -- Biography; Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C; Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xiii]) and index.
Table of contents: title: The boyhood of Alexander; title: The world of Philip as king and Alexander as prince; title: The influence of Philip; title: Alexander establishes his position in Macedonia, Greece and the Balkans; title: Sources of information, a rising in Greece and preparations for Persia; title: The crossing of the Hellespont and the first victory; title: The winning of Asia Minor; title: The battle of Issus and the capture of the Mediterranean coast; title: Advance to the East and the battle of Gaugamela; title: Advance to Persepolis and the situation in Greece; title: The death of Darius and the decision to advance to the East; title: From Parthyaea to Kabul in Afghanistan; title: The advance to the river Jaxartes; title: The subjugation of the northeastern area in 328-327; title: The Indus valley; title: Southern Asia; title: The Kingdom of Asia and the Macedonians; title: The plans and personality of Alexander