The captains of the Old world; as compared with the great modern strategists, their campaigns, characters and conduct, from the Persian, to the Punic wars. By Henry William Herbert.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781425542481
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; History / United States / General; United States - General
First sentence: CONSIDERATION the vast influence which the wars of the two great nations of antiquity have exercised over the present condition, it would scarcely be incorrect to say over the actual fate, of modern Europe, and through her of the world at large, it will be neither an unpleasant nor an unprofitable mode of passing an hour, even to those who care not to prosecute deep and dry historical researches, to inquire a little into the military means by which the two powers produced results so incalculably great and important.