Hannibal, Theodore Ayrault Dodge
Hannibal, Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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Hannibal
A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War

Author: Theodore Ayrault Dodge

Narrator: Bill Wallace

Unabridged: 20 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/20/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginiandominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibals brilliant cavalry tactics enabled him to destroy a reassembled Roman army, and his subsequent defeats over a fifteenyear stay in Italy were due more to lack of sufficient support from home than to any failings of generalship. Theodore Ayrault Dodges classic history, first published in 1891, is equally perceptive of Hannibals military prowess and his visionary character. Dodge followed Hannibals route from Carthage to Italy, paying particular attention to the famous crossing of the Alps, exploring every pass in order to determine Hannibals route. In this book, he wrote an entire history of the art of war among these two mighty armies. Hannibal remains unequaled as the most comprehensive and readable study of historys greatest general.

About Theodore Ayrault Dodge

Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1842–1909) was considered by his contemporaries, as well as by many later historians, to be the greatest American military historian of the nineteenth century and an unparalleled biographer of some of history’s greatest generals and commanders. He fought in the Union Army in some of the Civil War’s fiercest and costliest engagements, including the Seven Days Battle, Second Bull Run, and Chancellorsville, until he lost his right leg at Gettysburg. These experiences provided him with insights into the realities of warfare that are sometimes lacking in the work of purely academic or “armchair” military historians.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Boy on June 24, 2024

"I always liked Hannibal best of all the classical figures in the military history of the Roman Empire, because he comes down to us only in the written memoirs of his enemies. And if they thought he was such a good leader, he must have been a hell of a leader" President, Dwight D. Eisenhower This bi......more

Goodreads review by Ian Mullet on July 17, 2007

written by a retired union general, this is the definitive account of hannibal's campaigns. Dodge's Hannibal made me fall in love with the ancient world and was one of the first steps i took that ultimately led me to st. john's.......more

Goodreads review by Evan on July 26, 2013

Hannibal Barca's life was incredible. This book is the third I have read on Hannibal, and I think I enjoyed it the most. The beginning was a little tedious, going through all the Roman fighting arrangements (especially over an audiobook). Once Dodge got into the 2nd Punic War, his insight was invalu......more

Goodreads review by Myke on March 24, 2016

Sorry to say that I couldn't finish this one. While I know Dodge is traditionally acknowledged as a heavy-hitter in the field, I found so many glaring errors by chapter 5 that it left me feeling like he was hand-waving, without real command of the sources, relying on the ignorance of his audience to......more

Goodreads review by Ian on June 14, 2021

Exceptionally well-written book that presents a wonderfully detailed writeup of Hannibal and his campaigns. Would recommend it to anyone interested in the world's most famous Carthaginian.......more

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