What tactics did Montgomery employ to defeat Rommel at El Alamein? How did General Giap's Viet Minh troops inflict defeat on a French army at Dien Bien Phu, despite the massive superiority of their opponents? What was the secret behind George S. Patton's masterly control of armoured units? The answers to these and a myriad other fascinating questions can be found in Great commanders of the Modern world, a sumptuous chronological survey of the 24 greatest commanders of the modern world.
Andrew Roberts is an eminent historian and writer. His authorial credits include the bestselling A History of English-speaking Peoples since 1900; Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble and Eminent Churchillians