Paul Cartledge

An analysis of Alexander the Great's political and military accomplishments traces the path of his armies while charting the course of his influence, citing his impact on military tactics, scholarship, and politics throughout history while describing the many roles with which he has been credited. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The Hunt for a New Past

Alexander the Great

Emmett

Unfortunately irritatingly disorganised, sufficiently so to incur the impatience that stopped this reader from going beyond the first chapter. The writer obviously has a lot of interesting things to say but can't do it in a way that guides the reader along a sustained thread of thought, or breaks a chapter up into meaningful topic chunks. Would benefit from better signposting; sub-headings or sub-sub-headings would have been very helpful to indicate where the prose turns into the next corner, especially in chapter 1's discussion on the different kingdoms/empires of Alexander's day. Was a bit disorienting to read about Philip one moment and then Cyrus and then Xerxes and wondering what the next suddenly appearing topic would be and how it all hangs together.

Alexander the Great The Hunt for a New Past

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