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The ghosts of Cannae, Hannibal and the darkest hour of the Roman republic, Robert L. O'Connell

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The ghosts of Cannae, Hannibal and the darkest hour of the Roman republic, Robert L. O'Connell
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The ghosts of Cannae
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739733150
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Robert L. O'Connell
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Hannibal and the darkest hour of the Roman republic
Summary
For fans of Victor Davis Hanson, Donald Kagan, and Barry Strauss comes a rich, sweeping account of the most imitated---and vicious---battle in history.Hannibal's battle plan at Cannae became the mother of all great battle strategies---the first battle of encirclement that has been imitated (often to disastrous effect) endlessly over the past two thousand years. In this brilliant, long-overdue, and beautifully written account, Robert L..
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