The Military 100 (Record no. 68175)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0760712794
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 355.00922
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Lanning, Michael Lee
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Military 100
Statement of responsibility Michael Lee Lanning
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Pakistan
Name of publisher Services Book Club
Year of publication 2000
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xii, 372 Pages
Other physical details 25x19cm
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505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Include Illustrations and Index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc George Washington. Napoleon Bonaparte. Genghis Khan. George S. Patton. Adolf Hitler. The very names conjure up images of glorious victories, startling reversals, and colossal defeats. All of them have left their mark on world history. But how do they stack up as leaders when compared to each other?

The answers given in The Military 100 will surprise you. Although granting that these great leaders had no opportunity - in most cases - to confront each other on the battlefield, Michael Lee Lanning, a military historian and retired lieutenant colonel, has nevertheless created a sophisticated ranking based as much on the influence that each man had on the destiny of the forces and nation he was empowered to lead as on the number and size of his victories.

The book contains many surprises. Even seasoned armchair military historians will make new discoveries. In addition to the well-known heroes of battle, Lanning has turned the spotlight on more obscure strategists: He ranks French Marshal Hermann-Maurice Comte de Saxe (1696-1750) and Spanish general Fernandez Gonzalo de Cordoba (1453-1515), for example, well above Ulysses S. Grant, Horatio Nelson, Charles XII, and even George S. Patton. The narratives are devoid of the popular misconceptions and distortions often found in military biographies. Only the plain truth remains - and much of it is startling.

Whether you are reading for enjoyment or research or just to argue with the author's controversial ranking system, you'll find The Military 100 indispensable.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Military Science
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    Non-fiction Garrison Public Library Multan Garrison Public Library Multan General Stacks 2025-12-14 CRV/244/Donation/GPLM 355.00922 L243M 2000 70471 Books

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