Title: Scipio Africanus
Subtitle: Greater than Napoleon
Description: "In the future, even more than in the past, the need is to study and understand the interplay of the military, economic, and political forces, which are inseparable in strategy. Because Scipio more than any other great captain understood and combined these forces in his strategy, despite the very 'modern' handicap of being the servant of a republic -- not, like Alexander, Frederick, Napoleon, a despot, -- the study of his life is peculiarly apposite today. Above all, because the moral objective was the aim of all his plans, whether political, strategical, or tactical"--Preface.
Subjects: Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C., Generals, Military History, Roman Consuls, Biography, Scipio, africanus, approximately 236 b.c.-183 b.c., Punic wars, Generals, biography, Histoire militaire, Guerre punique, 2e, 218-201 av. J.-C, Généraux, Biographies, Consuls romains, Punic War, 2nd, 218 B.C.-201 B.C.
Places: Rome
People: Scipio Africanus (ca. 236-183 B.C), Scipio Africanus (b.B.C. 236), Scipio Africanus (b. B.C. 236)
Time periods: 265-30 B.C.