Outlines the fascinating biographical details & often brutal careers of the 200 most outstanding land commanders from the 10th to the 20th century. From Brian Boru & Boleslav I to Major-General Lorde Wingate & Marshal Zhukov, this intriguing work of reference will be of immense value to the scholar & journalist & will provide hours of browsing pleasure for the amateur historian & military enthusiast. Lesser-known pioneers of particular methods of warfare are included, along with great military theorists such as Carl von Clausewitz & Captain Sir Basil Liddell-Hart. Dictionary format.