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Stephen Pressfield has garnered laurels for his ability to describe the utter brutality of ancient warfare and his descriptions of battles fought during the campaign of Alexander the Great in Afghanistan in his novel "The Afghan Campaign" are as wrenching as those depicted in Pressfield's "Gates of Fire".
Told from the perspective of a common soldier rather than from Alexander's viewpoint or the viewpoint of one of Alexander's commanders, "The Afghan Campaign" provides the reader the opportunity ...more
Told from the perspective of a common soldier rather than from Alexander's viewpoint or the viewpoint of one of Alexander's commanders, "The Afghan Campaign" provides the reader the opportunity ...more
Told through the eyes of a common soldier who joins Alexander's army after the conquest of Persia, Pressfield provides a convincing account of Alexander's Afghan campaign.
Instead of large scale pitched battles where Alexander's genius, will to conquer, superior technology, and superior tactics consistently wins out against overwhelmingly superior numbers, the guerilla tactics of the wily Afghan tribesmen forces Alexander to adopt a new strategy. While Persia falls within a few years, Alexander i ...more
Instead of large scale pitched battles where Alexander's genius, will to conquer, superior technology, and superior tactics consistently wins out against overwhelmingly superior numbers, the guerilla tactics of the wily Afghan tribesmen forces Alexander to adopt a new strategy. While Persia falls within a few years, Alexander i ...more
Jul 12, 2008
Ami
marked it as to-read
