Title The sieges of Alexander the Great / Stephen English.

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Barnsley [U.K.] : Pen & Sword Military, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 168 pages, 8 unnumbered pages pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-161) and index.
Contents	Siege technology -- Pellium and Thebes : 335 -- Miletus and Halicarnassus : 334 -- Tyre : 332 -- Gaza : 332 -- The Northeast Frontier : 330-327 -- India and the journey to Babylon : 327-323.
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Summary	During his spectacular career of conquest Alexander the Great attacked many cities and fortresses, never failing to take them. Such operations occupied more of his time than his famous pitched battles and were at least as vital in securing his vast empire. Sieges provided some of the sternest tests for the Macedonian army, and it is perhaps telling that Alexander received most of his many wounds in the shadow of enemy walls. Yet this is the first full-length study concentrating purely on his many dramatic sieges and his mastery of siege craft. Dr. Stephen English describes each of Alexander's s.
Subject	Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Military leadership.
	Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. (OCoLC)fst01800513
	Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.) (OCoLC)fst01353599
	Sieges -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
	Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
	Greece -- History, Military -- To 146 B.C.
	Macedonia -- History, Military.
	Generals -- Greece -- Biography.
	Generals -- Macedonia -- Biography.
	Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Military leadership.
	Generals -- Greece -- Biography.
	Generals -- Macedonia -- Biography.
	Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
	Greece -- History, Military -- To 146 B.C.
	Macedonia -- History, Military.
	Sieges -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
	HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
	Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
	Military leadership. (OCoLC)fst01185276
	Sieges. (OCoLC)fst01118188
	Europe -- Macedonia. (OCoLC)fst01242198
	Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
Chronological Term	To 1500
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Electronic books.
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
Other Form:	Print version: English, Stephen. Sieges of Alexander the Great 9781848840607 (DLC) 2010549425 (OCoLC)473474251
ISBN	9781473828032 (electronic bk.)
	1473828031 (electronic bk.)
	9781844682805 (electronic bk.)
	1844682803 (electronic bk.)

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