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Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery was once asked to name the three greatest generals in history. Half smiling, he replied, "The other two were Alexander the Great and Napoleon...
...superpowers. As British Military Historian Michael Howard has written, "It is doubtful whether he will be regarded by posterity as one of the great captains of history." But in the popular mind, the hero of El Alamein probably has a secure place alongside, if not Alexander and Napoleon, then at least Marlborough and Wellington, which even Monty might agree is acceptable soldier's company...
NONFICTION 1-Bring On the Empty Horses, Niven (1) 2-The Relaxation Response, Benson (2) 3-Sylvia Porter's Money Book, Porter (4) 4-Angels, Graham (5) 5- Power!, Korda (6) 6-Winning Through Intimidation, Ringer (3) 7-Doris Day, Hotchner (9) 8-The Age of Napoleon, Will & Ariel Durant (8) 9-The Russians, Smith 10-The Ascent of Man, Bronowski...
...Napoleon, Will & Ariel Durant...
Brutal Methods. It was Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1798-99 that helped launch the 19th century wave of Nile plunder. One of the expedition members most responsible was Vivant Denon, an artist and writer whose illustrated La Description de L'Egypte excited Europe's curiosity about the pharaohs' treasure. Unfortunately, though The Rape of the Nile reproduces dozens of Denon's paintings-and hundreds of other illustrations-only the dust jacket is in color...