'The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again.Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. Careful analyses of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a masterly fas 'The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again.Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. Careful analyses of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a masterly fashion to help account for Alexander's strategic decision in the light of the options open to him.The chief merit of this splendid book is perhaps the way in which it brings an ancient army to life, as it really was and moved: the hours it took for simple operations of washing and cooking and feeding animals; the train of noncombatants moving with the army. This is a book that will set the reader thinking.
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There are not many books on Alexander the Great that do.' — New York Review of Books.
Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army by Donald W. EngelsThis is a great book, full of facts, dates, maps, tables and a extensive bibliography. Engels does a wonderful job explaining what it took to move the Macedonian army from point 'A' to point 'B'. I found one of Alexanders rules interesting NO carts, No Oxen.
Oxen move slower than Horses mules and camels so they had no place in his army except maybe on the menu. Baggage also slow down the army, so no carts, if you cou Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army by Donald W. EngelsThis is a great book, full of facts, dates, maps, tables and a extensive bibliography. Engels does a wonderful job explaining what it took to move the Macedonian army from point 'A' to point 'B'. I found one of Alexanders rules interesting NO carts, No Oxen. Oxen move slower than Horses mules and camels so they had no place in his army except maybe on the menu.
Baggage also slow down the army, so no carts, if you couldn't carry it you didn't need it.There is one point I will disagree with him on, one of the campaigns was recorded as having cover a great deal of ground in a very short time he said that it was impossible. I know that it is possible. Today endurance riders do 100 miles in 24 hours, and some of them finish the ride in 10 hours. These rides are done in mountains and very rough terrain. Wild horses have been documented to travel 30-40 miles in a day. I should preface this by saying that I am a logistics officer in the United States Army. Not entertaining.
This is a good study on the art of ancient logistics and supplying an army in the field and on the march but a absolutely terrible book. This should probably be categorized as a reference book, not a normal one.
This is the kind of book that you'd be required to buy at a military logistics course or in a college course and then the professor would only require you to read a te I should preface this by saying that I am a logistics officer in the United States Army. Not entertaining. This is a good study on the art of ancient logistics and supplying an army in the field and on the march but a absolutely terrible book. This should probably be categorized as a reference book, not a normal one. This is the kind of book that you'd be required to buy at a military logistics course or in a college course and then the professor would only require you to read a ten page chapter. Why can't we do half stars again in ratings? This is really a 1.5 star book.
(The maps are actually in the back, but I'm still giving it my map-in-the-front tag. It has maps, is what I'm saying.)I found this book fascinating. I had never thought much about how much a military campaign - especially an ancient military campaign - would depend on its ability to supply its troops with food and water while passing through often-hostile territory. I enjoyed reading about Alexander's strategies for ensuring that his army had food an water.I also liked getting a sense of how muc (The maps are actually in the back, but I'm still giving it my map-in-the-front tag. It has maps, is what I'm saying.)I found this book fascinating. I had never thought much about how much a military campaign - especially an ancient military campaign - would depend on its ability to supply its troops with food and water while passing through often-hostile territory.
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I enjoyed reading about Alexander's strategies for ensuring that his army had food an water.I also liked getting a sense of how much space a large army actually takes up. For instance, the author at one point determines that, with about 65,000 combatants (a number that varied widely through his campaign), if Alexander had the infantry march in rows that were 10 men wide and the cavalry in rows that were 5 horses wide, the line would be about 16.5 miles long. When the leaders reached camp, the people in back would still be walking for another 5 hours before they reached it. (The author provides the rest of the details of the math, e.g. How many infantry vs. Cavalry Alexander had, in the book.)Anyway, I just thought it was all pretty neat.:).
Megan Whalen Turner mentioned that it wasn't too hard a read on her Tumbler feed. I was curious, and it was in the library.I noticed that it was written before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and (I think?) the Iranian Revolution, so some sources and sites may have been more accessible then than they are now to American Scholars.It felt more like reading science fiction than another genre - because I know nothing of horses, and the only logistics I've practiced are getting 5 people out the d Megan Whalen Turner mentioned that it wasn't too hard a read on her Tumbler feed. I got this book because I saw it recommended somewhere as a potential good resource for writers, and I think the recommendation was a good one! I don't know a whole lot about Alexander's campaigns, but I still found the book interesting, and it definitely had a lot of very useful information about the type and amount of supplies one needs to move men and pack animals over large distances.The author makes the point that Alexander and his generals were very conscious of these issues, and that all I got this book because I saw it recommended somewhere as a potential good resource for writers, and I think the recommendation was a good one! I don't know a whole lot about Alexander's campaigns, but I still found the book interesting, and it definitely had a lot of very useful information about the type and amount of supplies one needs to move men and pack animals over large distances.The author makes the point that Alexander and his generals were very conscious of these issues, and that all of their movements to build his empire were driven by the need to make sure they had adequate supplies of food and water available at all times; this thesis seems well supported by the historical evidence available. Engels also, very usefully, abstracts away from the specifics of Alexander's situation to provide some general numbers and calculations about the amount of supplies needed to move given numbers of men and animals over what time frames and distances, which is very helpful for a writer. It is information that could easily be applied to any large group on the move, not just a military force.
Should be mandatory reading for all logistics officers. As a former US Army logistics officer, this book helped me immensely in doing my job and analyzing and choosing courses of action.Read this in college and used the data therein the attempt to calculate which pass Hannibal used to enter Italy in the 2nd Punic War.
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Three credit college independent study project as a senior, finishing out my minor in History. Really solid information on what it took to supply ancient armies and what logistica Should be mandatory reading for all logistics officers.
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As a former US Army logistics officer, this book helped me immensely in doing my job and analyzing and choosing courses of action.Read this in college and used the data therein the attempt to calculate which pass Hannibal used to enter Italy in the 2nd Punic War. Three credit college independent study project as a senior, finishing out my minor in History. Really solid information on what it took to supply ancient armies and what logistical constraints they labored under. By the way, I think it was Mont Cenis pass.