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Great Commanders

Edited by

Christopher R. Gabel, Ph.D.

James H. Willbanks, Ph.D.

Combat Studies Institute Press

US Army Combined Arms Center

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all those who have served.

The illustration on the front cover is an engraving by Emile Rouargue, entitled

¡°Napoleon a la Bataille d¡¯Austerlitz, le 2 Decembre 1805.¡± The scene is the central image of an engraving that is surrounded by 16 other smaller battle and victory scenes. This particular image shows Napoleon on the Pratzen Heights, which

he just captured, looking out where the battle continues below. The engraving is

ca. 1840 and is part of the J. David Markham Collection, who also is the President

of the International Napoleonic Society.

Great Commanders

Edited by

Christopher R. Gabel, Ph.D.

James H. Willbanks, Ph.D.

Combat Studies Institute Press

US Army Combined Arms Center

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Great Commanders / Edited by Christopher R. Gabel, Ph.D. and

James H. Willbanks, Ph.D.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references

ISBN 978-0-9855879-7-0 (alk. Paper)

1. Generals ¨C Biography. 2. Leadership ¨C History. 3. Military

Biography.

I. Gabel, Christopher R. (Christopher Richard), 1954- II. Wilbanks,

James H., 1947 ¨C

UB 200.G74 2012

355.0092¡¯2¡ªdc23

2012034997

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Contents

Page

Foreword.................................................................................................... v

Acknowledgments.................................................................................... vii

Preface....................................................................................................... ix

Introduction................................................................................................ 1

Chapter 1. Alexander the Enigma.............................................................. 5

Chapter 2. Genghis Khan......................................................................... 35

Chapter 3. Napoleon Bonaparte............................................................... 63

Chapter 4. Warrior of the Waves: Nelson¡¯s Legacy to Naval

Commandership....................................................................................... 93

Chapter 5. John J. Pershing: ¡°The Very Model of a Modern Major

General................................................................................................... 123

Chapter 6. Rommel: Beyond the Desert Fox......................................... 147

Chapter 7. Curtis E. LeMay................................................................... 171

Bibliography.......................................................................................... 199

Contributors........................................................................................... 203

Figures

Figure 1. Alexander the Great.................................................................... 6

Figure 2. Genghis Khan........................................................................... 36

Figure 3. Napoleon Bonaparte................................................................. 64

Figure 4. Captain Horatio Nelson............................................................ 94

Figure 5. John J. Pershing...................................................................... 124

Figure 6. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel................................................ 148

Figure 7. General Curtis LeMay........................................................................ 172

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