{"product_id":"the-savior-generals-how-five-great-commanders-saved-wars-that-were-lost-from-ancient-greece-to-iraq-paperback","title":"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Davis Hanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStirring portraits of five commanders whose dynamic leadership changed the course of war and history by prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Davis Hanson has written another outstanding and eye-opening book--The \u003ci\u003eWashington Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProminent military historian Victor Davis Hanson explores the nature of leadership with his usual depth and vivid prose in \u003ci\u003eThe Savior Generals\u003c\/i\u003e, a set of brilliantly executed pocket biographies of five generals (Themistocles, Belisarius, William Tecumseh Sherman, Matthew Ridgway, and David Petraeus) who single-handedly saved their nations from defeat in war. War is rarely a predictable enterprise-it is a mess of luck, chance, and incalculable variables. Today's sure winner can easily become tomorrow's doomed loser. Sudden, sharp changes in fortune can reverse the course of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese intractable circumstances are sometimes mastered by leaders of genius-asked at the eleventh hour to save a hopeless conflict, one created by others and frequently unpopular politically and with the public. The savior generals often come from outside the established power structure, employ radical strategies, and flame out quickly. Their careers regularly end in controversy. But their dramatic feats of leadership are vital slices of history-not merely as stirring military narrative, but as lessons on the dynamic nature of consensus, leadership, and destiny.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Davis Hanson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. His many books include the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Father of Us All\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA War Like No Other\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Western Way of War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarnage and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRipples of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770796835104,"sku":"9781608193424","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4b9c62ac307dd7b85dfe5e76ea0d0a0.webp?v=1780378341","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-savior-generals-how-five-great-commanders-saved-wars-that-were-lost-from-ancient-greece-to-iraq-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}