--- product_id: 97845637 title: "The Conquests of Alexander the Great (Canto Classics) Kindle Edition" brand: "waldemar heckel" price: "VT3851" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/97845637-the-conquests-of-alexander-the-great-canto-classics-kindle-edition store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Conquests of Alexander the Great (Canto Classics) Kindle Edition **Brand:** waldemar heckel **Price:** VT3851 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Conquests of Alexander the Great (Canto Classics) Kindle Edition by waldemar heckel - **How much does it cost?** VT3851 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/97845637-the-conquests-of-alexander-the-great-canto-classics-kindle-edition) ## Best For - waldemar heckel enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted waldemar heckel brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![The Conquests of Alexander the Great (Canto Classics) Kindle Edition - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41PTAY680mL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fascinating Study of World Conquest. *by L***N on December 26, 2011* Following the 2004 release of Oliver Stone's spectacular historical film "Alexander," a deluge of scholarly and popular studies of the career of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) has inundated the market. Most of these are biographies, often providing "insights" into Alexander's complex psychological makeup. Historian Waldemar Heckel, on the other hand, focuses on what he regards as the epitome of Alexander's greatness: his military conquests. Indeed, the future world conqueror saw his first action at age 18, when Alexander led the victorious Macedonian cavalry charge at the battle of Chaeronea (338 BC). Following the assassination of his father Philip II, Alexander became King of Macadonia and then began his conquest of the ramshackle Persian Empire while only 22. After a series of spectacular and brilliant victories, the young king led his army all the way to India, creating the largest empire the world had then known. Dead at the age of 32, by natural causes or poison, Alexander passed from history into legend.In this book, Heckel offers "an intelligent introduction" to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Thus, he does not provide a "blow-by-blow" description of each of the young king's battles, which has been done successfully by earlier historians such as Major-General J.F.C. Fuller. Rather, the author gives full attention "to aims and impact, to political consequences of military action, and especially to the use of propaganda for both motivation and justification." In this fascinating study, Alexander the Great rightly emerges as "one of the world's greatest military strategists" and not the bloody megalomaniac -- in the mold of a Hitler or Stalin -- as in some revisionist historiography.There are, however, two of Heckel's conclusions with which I take issue. First, the author presents Alexander's nemesis, the Persian King Darius III, in a more favorable light, counteracting what he regards as a negative depiction of the Great King generated by Alexander's "propaganda mills." Nevertheless, one cannot help but regard Darius III as anything but a "cowardly" figure. Twice he "ran out" on his men in the heat of battle, an action which turned the tide of two crucial battles (Issus and Gaugamela) against the Persians. Following the first of these defeats, moreover, the Great King even abandoned his mother, wife, and children to the victorious Macedonian king. However impressive Darius may have been earlier in his reign, he clearly lost all sense of bravery and honor when faced by the unstoppable Alexander and his formidable phalanx! The Persian troops and nobility, on the other hand, fought fiercely and courageously in all these engagements with the Macedonian invaders. Many, in fact, died heroically in action -- as their "Great King" should have done at Gaugamela!Secondly, Heckel believes that Alexander "provoked" the mutiny of his men at the river Hyphasis, in the heart of northern India, to allow a "face-saving" end to years of increasingly brutal and difficult campaigning. Besides, he claims, Alexander as the new Great King of Asia had now reached the territorial limits of the old Persian Empire and needed to proceed no further. This conclusion is truly "heretical," as Heckel himself admits. It is also dead wrong. Although Alexander the Great was not nearly the "war-lover" as many earlier historians have concluded, it is doubtful that the Macedonian king would have shirked a challenge, the conquest of all of India, especially at the height of his battlefield success. He clearly lived for "glory," which, in the ancient world, could only be achieved in success at war. In fact, upon his return to Babylon in 323 BC, Alexander immediately began planning the conquest of Arabia, North Africa, and even Southern Europe! The young king clearly had no preconceived notion of limiting his conquests to the territorial boundaries of the now-defunct Persian Empire! Overall, however, Waldemar Heckel's "The Conquest of Alexander the Great" remains a sober and sensible analysis of the military campaigns of one of history's greatest generals -- if not the greatest. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another gem from Waldemar Heckel! *by J***E on August 10, 2010* The misleading and inaccurate review posted by "Barrie W. Bracken" has prompted me to write this.The author of the book, Waldemar Heckel, is one of the most respected and knowledgeable authors and historians on Alexander the Great. If you do a Google search on him you will see that and his prolific scholarly additions to the field of Alexander study.This book is a wonderful general book on Alexander and includes insights found no where else. It's the most interesting and enjoyable books on Alexander I have read in a while. And I try to read them all.Very highly recommended! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great *by B***Y on December 18, 2011* I purchased this book for my english literature class. 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