The Military Legacy of Alexander the Great : Lessons for the Information Age

著者名：Ferguson, Michael P./Worthington, Ian

Routledge（2023/11/28発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367512323
• eISBN：9781000994162

Description

Includes a conclusion by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, 25th National Security Advisor to the US Government.

Written by both an expert in Alexander the Great and a Captain assigned to the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, this is expertly written for both classicists and students of the history of warfare, as well as students of strategic studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Alexander the Great? Then and Now; Part I The Environment; 1. Alexander’s Macedonian Background and Influences; 2. A Brave New World?; Part II Military Organization and Structure; 3. The Macedonian Army and Greek Warfare; 4. Organizing, Innovating, and Prioritizing Modernization; Part III Choosing Battles – And Winning Wars?; 5. Alexander’s First Campaigns; 6. Alexander in Persia 1: King of Asia; 7. Alexander in Persia 2: Mission Accomplished?; 8. The Art of Control and the Enduring Fog of War; Part IV Eastern Exposure; 9. Alexander in Central Asia; 10. Alexander in India and His Final Years; 11. West Meets East: Command and Control?; 12. The Trials and Tolls of Expeditionary Warfare; Part V The Human Domain; 13. Alexander’s Generalship; 14. Alexander’s Grand Strategy: Model or Model Failure?; Conclusion by Lt. General H. R. McMaster.