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Hannibal: A history of the art of war among the Carthaginians and Romans down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C., with a detailed account of the Second Punic War
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Product Description
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1891 edition by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #34697 in Books
- Published on: 2001-10-03
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 716 pages
Customer Reviews
Simply amazing. I'w will try T.A. Dodge again
First of all, beeing a spaniard (sorry for my english) I was quite suprised to find this huge book in the darkest corner of the word (a little, very old, bookshop in Istambul, Turkey) But that surprise was nothing compared with what I (a wargamer that really loves ancient history) discovered beetwen the pages of this book. The real better author in military history i've ever found.
My only concern is that I paid almost twice the price of this book to the old turk bookseller who cheat in the worst way.
(¡anyway, the book deserves what I paid for it!)
An extremly entertaining book
Hannibal by T.A. Dodge was a very complete and entertaining book. Dodge explains his interpretations of the histories writen by Livy and Polybius. Dodge also includes not only the life of Hannibal but all the Carthage-Rome relations in history. I reccomend this book to anyone who likes military or ancient history.
This is the way history should be written...
I enjoy and trust the historians of the past more than the current(last 50 years). This is one of those times. Dodge does an outstanding job weaving the story of one of the greatest generals of history. He makes a credible case for Hannibal being THE BEST miltary genious of recorded history. I learned more about the Romans and Carthaginians in this book than all the previous books I've read combined. The book was first published in the 1890's and you can tell by the beautiful and intelligent writing. Dodge doesn't feel the need to "dumb down" to the reader like contemporary historians tend to do. My only complaint is that, due to this publish date, the maps and pictures are hand drawn and rudimentary. I will be ordering more books from T.Dodge in the future.
