Scipio Africanus
Greater Than Napoleon

Good character study of Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who defeated Hannibal, the scourge of Rome. B.H. Liddell Hart, one of the more respected military historians of the twentieth century, examines Scipio’s rise to power, his defeat of Carthaginian forces in Spain, his move into Africa, and hi......more

This book; Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon, by Liddell Hart was first published in 1926 and the years have not condemned it to the forgotten back shelves of a library. This is a great history, although I take exception to the subtitle - Greater than Napoleon being an ardent fan of that great......more

Di Basil Liddell Hart avevo già un paio di libri di storia militare sulla prima e seconda guerra mondiale. Era infatti uno studioso di tattica e strategia militare. Partecipò alla battaglia della Somme nel 1916 e rimase pure intossicato dai gas. Ebbe poi l’occasione di poter intervistare subito dopo......more

I don't think a man can have a more British name than Sir B(asil) H(enry) Liddell Hart. I went into this book on one of my favorite Romans, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, ready to experience an old style, biased, painfully and wonderfully British biography, and I got exactly what I wanted. Lidde......more