Alexander, the brilliant young Macedonian king remembered as “the Great,” has frequently been compared to the mythic Greek hero Achilles. Both were beloved by their soldiers and almost invincible. But ...

This pedantic and repetitious study of one of history's greatest military leaders by British military historian Lonsdale adds little to our understanding of his success. Examining Alexander the ...

Alexander of Macedonia, student of Aristotle and conqueror of an empire that reached to Asia and Persia, vacillated often between cynicism and superstition. While distrustful of many of his companions ...

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive ...