Gabel Christopher R. Great Commanders

Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014. — 205 p.A collection of essays military profiling: Alexander the Great; Genghis Khan; Napoleon Bonaparte; Horatio Nelson; John J. Pershing; Erwin Rommel; Curtis LeMay. From the foreword: "In selecting the seven great commanders presented in this volume, the contributors sought to cover a wide spectrum of military endeavor, encompassing a very broad time-frame, different nationalities and cultures, and representatives from ground, sea, and air warfare. The commanders selected were masters of warfare in their particular time and environment. Each capitalized upon the social, political, economic, and technological conditions of his day to forge successful military forces and win significant and noteworthy victories that profoundly altered the world in which he lived.