The Encyclopedia of Military Biography

by Dupuy Trevor N, Curt Johnson, David L. Bongard

This book offers a compilation of biographies of the world's leading soldiers, sailors and airmen, from earliest times right up to the Gulf War. From Agrippa to Zhukov via Cromwell, Hitler, Napoleon, and Schwarzkopf, the 3,000 entries in this reference work provide detailed profiles of the world's greatest military leaders and thinkers. Each entry includes an overview of the subject and details of the major wars, battles and campaigns in which they participated and a narrative of their life, including an evaluation of the subject's character, abilities and contributions, together with a brief bibliography of books on each subject.

Genres: Military Fiction, Reference, History, Military History, Biography, Nonfiction

834 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1992

Reviews

[Jimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very brief biographies of the most important generals and admirals. The entries tend to be little more than a listing of the various commands held by the individuals and the battles/campaigns he took part in. Several entries were only a few lines long identifying only nationality and the one or two wars that the individual fought in.

[Will Kastner · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK, you caught me. I didn't read this cover-to-cover, but I spend a lot of time with it.