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Book SynopsisWaldemar Heckel provides an overview of the conquests of Alexander the Great. In an engaging and balanced account of key military events, he shows how Alexander imposed his will on the willing and how the defeated were no longer capable of resisting his military might.
Trade Review'Provides an engaging and balanced overview of the conquests.' Bookseller Buyers Guide
'The choice of [Heckel], one of the most distinguished historians of the period in question, for this volume on Alexander the Great is an obvious one. [He] succeeds in giving a balanced and demystified picture of Alexander's conquests.' The Classical Review
'A book on Alexander's conquests by Waldemar Heckel, one of today's leading specialists in the field, is … a welcome development. Heckel has given us a well-written and sensible book, with a good selection of facts and problems having to do with Alexander's reign and the wars he fought. Even without an overwhelming scholarly apparatus, the book can be still read with profit by professional historians and classicists, and its views generally represent a prudent compromise among the most important modern scholarly opinions.' Classical Journal
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. How do we know? Sources for Alexander the Great; 3. The Macedonian background; 4. The Persian enemy; 5. Conquest of the Achaemenids; 6. Resistance on two fronts; 7. Conquest of the Punjab; 8. The ocean and the West; 9. The long road from Susa to Babylon.
