Table of Contents

Introduction. Contributors. Thutmose III - Joyce Tyldesley. Ramesses II - Joyce Tyldesley. Joshua - Martin van Creveld. King David - Martin van Creveld. Tiglath-Pileser III - Doyne Dawson. Sun Tzu - Jonathan Fenby. Cyrus the Great - Tom Holland. Leonidas - Ben Dupre. Themistocles - Robin Waterfield. Thucydides - Andrew Roberts. Alcibiades - Robin Waterfield. Xenophon - Robin Waterfield. Philip II of Macedon - Robin Lane Fox. Alexander the Great - Robin Lane Fox. Hannibal - Tom Holland. Scipio Africanus - Adrian Goldsworthy. Judah Maccabeus - Martin van Creveld. Pompey - Adrian Goldsworthy. Julius Caesar - Adrian Goldsworthy. Arminius - Adrian Murdoch. Trajan - Adrian Goldsworthy. Zhuge Liang - Jonathan Fenby. Alaric I - John Haywood. Aetius - John Haywood. Attila - John Haywood. Theodoric - John Haywood. Clovis - John Haywood. Belisarius - John Julius Norwich. Muhammad - Efraim Karsh. Charlemagne - John Haywood. Alfred the Great - Justin Pollard. Hastein - John Haywood. William the Conqueror - John Gillingham. Bohemond I - Jonathan Phillips. Frederick Barbarossa - Jonathan Phillips. Genghis Khan - Justin Marozzi. Kublai Khan - Justin Marozzi. Alexander Nevsky - Isabel de Madariaga. Baibars - Jonathan Phillips. Tamerlane - Justin Marozzi. The Black Prince - Jonathan Sumption. Henry V - Robert Hardy. Joan of Arc - Anne Curry. Sultan Mehmet II - John Julius Norwich. Hernan Cortes - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. Suleyman the Magnificent - John Julius Norwich. Gonzalo de Cordoba - Niccolo Capponi. Akbar the Great - Francis Robinson. Oda Nobunaga - Stephen Turnbull. Further Reading. Index. Picture Credits.

About the Author

Andrew Roberts is an eminent historian and writer. His authorial credits include the bestselling A History of English-speaking Peoples since 1900; Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble and Eminent Churchillians

Reviews

Andrew Roberts has assembled an interesting group of authors and contributes a pertinent introduction; a wealth of apposite illustrations and useful battlefield maps complete an excellent volume - Military Illustrated.