Great Captains Unveiled

About this film

LibriVox recording of Great Captains Unveiled by B. H. Liddell Hart. Read in English by Pamela Nagami. "Great Captains Unveiled" by the eminent military historian Sir Basil Liddell Hart comprises the biographies of six commanders who shaped the development of strategy and tactics. Of the 13th century Mongols, Genghis Khan and his successor-general, Sabutai, the author writes: "Quality rather than quantity was the secret of their amazingly rapid sequence of successes." Careful planning, promotion by merit, tactical precision in battle, good military intelligence, and a highly mobile cavalry were integral to the establishment of the world's largest empire. Liddell Hart then traces the careers of the "Mareschal de Saxe-Military Prophet, Gustavus Adophus-Founder of Modern War, Wallenstein--the Enigma of History, and General Wolfe-Grandsire of the United States." (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (203MB)

Directors & creators

B. H. Liddell Hart

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;thirty years' war; james wolfe; gustavus adolphus; seven years' war; genghis khan; war of the austrian succession; maurice de saxe; albrecht von wallenstein; mongels

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