WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
A greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus cover

A greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus

Chapter 1: A Greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus
Open in WeRead

About This Book

A focused military biography tracing Scipio Africanus's career from early campaigns through operations in Spain and Africa and key battles such as Bæcula, Ilipa, and Zama. The author analyzes Scipio's tactical ingenuity and use of stratagems, and argues that his strategic integration of military, economic, and political instruments served explicit moral and political aims. Using ancient historians as sources, the study examines political obstacles, postwar consequences, and the expansion that followed, presenting Scipio's combination of generalship and statesmanship as an enduring model for students of war and strategy.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of A greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus

This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Title: A greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus

Author: Basil Henry Liddell Hart

Release date: January 14, 2026 [eBook #77699]

Language: English

Original publication: Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1926

Credits: Tim Lindell, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A GREATER THAN NAPOLEON: SCIPIO AFRICANUS ***

A Greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus

From the bust in the Capitoline Museum, supposed to be Scipio Africanus.

A GREATER THAN NAPOLEON
SCIPIO AFRICANUS
BY
Captain B. H. LIDDELL HART
WITH FRONTISPIECE AND MAPS
FOURTH IMPRESSION
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS LTD.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MCMXXX
Printed in Great Britain All Rights reserved
TO
THE MASTER, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS
OF
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE