

How Great Generals Win
Author: Bevin Alexander
Narrator: James Slattery
Unabridged: 9 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/30/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Military History
Author: Bevin Alexander
Narrator: James Slattery
Unabridged: 9 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/30/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Military History
Bevin Alexander is the author of seven books of military history, including How Hitler Could Have Won World War II and Lost Victories, which was named by the Civil War Book Review as one of the seventeen books that have most transformed Civil War scholarship. He was an advisor to the Rand Corporation for a study on future warfare and was a participant in a war-game simulation run by the Training and Doctrine Command of the US Army. His battle studies of the Korean War, written during his decorated service as a combat historian, are stored in the National Archives in Washington, DC. He lives in Bremo Bluff, Virginia.
This one is obviously for lovers of military history and strategy. I don’t think this was one of the best Great Courses books, but that may be because I’ve enjoyed so many on similar topics that nothing here felt fresh. Obviously, that could be quite different if I had started with this one. Overall......more
I will NEVER again mention to my southerner wife that Mr.Alexander thought Robert E. Lee was not a good tactical leader. Her reply? "Shut your mourh you damn Yankee."......more
"How Great Generals Win," is a study of tactics, the rules of war and how they were put in to practice by great generals. The major rules covered are: operating on the line of least expectation and least resistance, maneuvering onto the rear of the enemy, occupying the central position, following a......more
One of the cleanest synthesis of historically successful field tactics I've read thus far. Alexander focuses his study by identifying a select few tactical gambits that have shown themselves efficacious repeatedly throughout history in diverse scenarios, cultures, and geographies. These cases includ......more
Bevin Alexander is an interesting fellow. He's a skillful and engaging writer of history. This book is filled with history's most proficient, intelligent and capable military leaders from Hannibal Barca to Douglas MacArthur. There are maps, descriptions of weapons, terrain, tactics and battle plans.......more
“This study is essential reading for students of military strategy and tactics.” Publishers Weekly
“For lifelong armchair warriors.” Booklist
“An astute military historian’s mildly contrarian appraisal of what separates the sheep from the wolves in the great game of war…Informed opinions on the martial arts that draw provocative distinctions between victors and winners.” Kirkus Reviews