"De Bello Gallico" & Other Commentaries of Caius Julius Caesar

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Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1596057068
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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Book Description
Conqueror of Western Europe, emperor of Rome, JULIUS CAESAR (44 B.C.-100 B.C.) is considered one of the keenest political and military minds of all time, and his commentaries on his own campaigns rank with Sun-Tzu's The Art of War as required reading for anyone who wishes to grasp the soldierly skills of tactics and strategy. In this 1915 edition-MacDevitt's translation is considered masterful-we are privileged with Caesar's firsthand accounts of his war in Gaul and his own civil war. Discover... . how to negotiate a surrender . how to motivate troops in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds . where to establish a strategic camp . how to use even poor weather to your best advantage . how to take advantage of unfavorable ground . and much more.