The Conquests of Alexander the Great (Key Conflicts of Classical Antiquity)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780521842471
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History of specific subjects; Biography & Autobiography; History - General History; Biography/Autobiography; Ancient Greece; Ancient - General; Ancient - Greece; Military - General; History / Ancient / General; Historical - General; Reference; 356-323 B.C; Alexander,; Greece; History; Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C; the Great,
Description: In this book, Waldemar Heckel provides a revisionist overview of the conquests of Alexander the Great. Emphasizing the aims and impact of his military expeditions, the political consequences of military action, and the use of propaganda, both for motivation and justification, his underlying premise is that the basic goals of conquest and the keys to military superiority have not changed dramatically over the millennia. Indeed, as Heckel makes clear, many aristocratic and conquest societies are remarkably similar to that of Alexander in their basic aims and organization.