"This study is essential reading for students of military strategy and tactics."
Publishers Weekly
Throughout history great generals have done what their enemies have least expected. Instead of direct, predictable attack, they have deceived, encircled, outflanked, out-thought, and triumphed over often superior armies commanded by conventional thinkers.
Collected here are the stories of the most successful commanders of all timeamong them Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stonewall Jackson, Sherman, Rommel, Mao Zedongwho have demonstrated, at their own points in history, the strategic and tactical genius essential for victory. Ironically this virtue does not come naturally to military organizations, since more often than not the straight-ahead, narrow-thinking soldier will be promoted over his more lateral-minded, devious counterpart. Yet when the latter gets control, the results may be spectacular.
Author : Nicholas Soames
Peformed By : Various
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Type : Biographical Historical
$11.99
Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world. More info...
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Author : Mark Jones
Peformed By : Tim Pigott-Smith
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 20 minutes
Type : Autobiography Historical Politics British Military
$18.49
A fascinating and illuminating audio portrait of the life and career of one of Britain's greatest leaders, recounted by those who knew him and in his own words from the BBC archive. More info...
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Author : Walter Isaacson
Peformed By : Edward Herrmann
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 22 hours
Type : Historical
$49.95 $29.95
How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagniation sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. More info...
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Author : Kristen Breitweiser
Peformed By : Kristen Breitweiser
Published By : Hachette Audio
Runtime : 6 hours
Type : Women Autobiography Historical Politics
$29.98 $20.99
"Sweets, I'm okay. I'm okay. Don't worry... It's not my building. " Kristen didn't know what he was saying. He told her to turn on the television... More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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