A vivid and fascinating study of the conflict between Rome and Cathage which changed the course of world history.
Sir Nigel Bagnall was born in India in 1927. He joined the British Army in 1945 and served in Palestine, Malaya, Borneo, the Canal Zone, Cyprys, Singapore and Germany. He ended his distinguished military career as Chief of the General Staff in London and was also an Honorary fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He died in April 2002.
A serious and well-informed book on the wars between Rome and
Carthage...it is, however, not simply a piece of disinterested
research but a tale with a moral for current politics...On the
interplay of strategic and operational decisions, on the risks of
politics in time of war, on the importance of morale: this book
gives much food for reflection
*Spectator*
His book is to be commended...It is a fine piece of military and
political history...a clear and convincing account of what
happened, devoid of any high-flown romanticism...He constructs his
analysis in such a way as to demonstrate that what happened...might
just happen again
*Economist*
A modern Field-Marshal applies his strategic expertise to the
greatest confrontation of classical times... Bagnall's analysis is
leavened with character sketches and dry humour
*Independent*
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