The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great
 

The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great

by Steven Pressfield

I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories. Whether surviving... (read more)

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Marc W
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Alexander the Great from the inside out. An awesome journey into the heart of the man who conquered the world by age 27.

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Aaron A
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The battle descriptions are excellent. The story, however seems a bit rushed, like he was trying to get it out before the movie "Alexander" came out (which was simply awful).

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