Great Captains: A Course of Six Lectures Showing the Influence on the Art of War

This book comprises six lectures delivered under the auspices of the Lowell Institute by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge in Boston in January, 1889.Each lecture focuses on a historically significant leader-namely Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon-and &quote;aims to indicate briefly what we owe to the great captains, and to draw an intelligible outline of their careers.&quote;Dodge has utilized an abundance of sources of information, from Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander to Jomini's Life of Napoleon, and the book is illustrated with 21 maps.