The savior generals : how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq /: how five great commanders saved wars that were lost, from ancient Greece to Iraq. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Victor Davis Hanson.
• Other Names: Hanson, Victor Davis
• Contents: Athens is burning: Themistocles at Salamis-September 480 B.C. -- Byzantium at the brink: the fireman Flavius Belisarius-A.D. 527-559 -- "Atlanta is ours and fairly won": William Tecumseh Sherman's gift to Abraham Lincoln-summer 1864 -- 100 days in Korea: Matthew Ridgway takes over-winter 1950-51 -- Iraq is "lost": David Petraeus and the surge in Iraq-January 2007-May 2008.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (305 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 355.0092/2; History -- Military -- General; Generals -- Biography; Command of troops -- History; Command of troops; Generals; Military leadership; Military history; Electronic books; Biography; History; Military leadership; Military leadership; Military leadership; Military leadership; Military leadership
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608193639; 1608193632
• Related ISBNs: 9781608191635; 160819163X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.