World Military Leaders.World Military Leaders Mark Grossman Facts On File, Inc. 132 West 31st Street, 17th floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10001-2006 0816047324, $75.00 www.factsonfile.com 1-800-322-8755 Throughout recorded human history, the military leadership of a city state, a kingdom, or a nation has been a principle force in shaping events for better or for ill. A professional writer specializing in American and world history, Mark Grossman has compiled and organized "World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary Biographical dictionaries — a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information — have been written in many languages. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in Who's Who " which presents in an easily accessed, single volume, succinct suc·cinct adj. suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est 1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style. 2. profiles of influential military leaders from 3500 B.C.E. down to the present day. These were men whose military decisions and leadership influenced the course of history both in their own times and for subsequent generations. From Alexander the Great who conquered most of the known world of his era, to Dwight D. Eisenhower who lead the Allied forces against the Axis powers Axis Powers Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II. The alliance originated in a series of agreements between Germany and Italy, followed in 1936 by the Rome-Berlin Axis declaration and the German-Japanese Anti-Comintern in World War II, to Charlemagne who began the process of European recovery in Europe from the chaos resultant from the collapse of the Roman Empire, to Napoleon Bonaparte, Decatur, Hannibal, Erwin Rommel, Robert E. Lee, Genghis Khan Genghis Khan: see Jenghiz Khan. Genghis Khan or Chinggis Khan orig. Temüjin (born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died Aug. , George Washington, and hundreds of others, "World Military Leaders" is a strongly recommended addition to school and community World History and Military History reference collections, as well as a being a fascinating and informative browse for military and history buffs The name Buffs can mean:
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