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Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, And Tyrant
Since the Renaissance, Julius Caesar has been idolized as a superman. Classical sources, however, present a far less exalted being. As General Fuller writes, Caesar was "an unscrupulous demagogue whose one aim was power, and a general who could not only win brilliant victories but also commit dismal blunders.... It is reasonable to suspect that, at times, Caesar was n...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
March 22nd 1991
by Da Capo Press
(first published March 21st 1965)
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when i first found out we were going to be reading Julius Caesar , i was excited because I thought it was something like Romeo & Juliet and i always wanted to read Romeo and Juliet. When we began to read the story i instantly was unengaged because of the language mostly and because the book was just not my style. Trying to finish the book was so hard for me because i found myself thinking about other things is=nstead of the book while reading and then at the end taking a test just made it that m...more
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Major-General John Frederick Charles Fuller, CB, CBE, DSO (1 September 1878 – 10 February 1966) was a British Army officer, military historian and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorising principles of warfare.
Fuller was also an early disciple of English poet and magician Aleister Crowley and was very familiar with his, and other form...more
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