{"product_id":"the-few-who-can-do-m-w-banks-9781519107541","title":"The Few Who Can Do: How one Greek, two Romans, two Arabs and one American crafted 'Success by their Actions' for the times in which they lived","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlexander the Great, the greatest general ever known. Khalid, the \"Sword of Allah.\" Amr ibn Al-As, three-time conqueror of Egypt. Scipio Africanus and Gaius Claudius Nero, the defeaters of Hannibal. The indomitable Stonewall Jackson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSix military leaders from different eras and races who shaped history. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin William Banks analyzes the actions of these military geniuses through the eyes of a trained military mind. While historians and academics tend to focus on \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e happened, Banks goes a step further and reveals the \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e behind the greatest military accomplishments of the last two thousand years. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting with Stonewall Jackson's incomparable campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, Banks looks back to Khalid's unique triumph in the Second Yarmouk battle, where he faced and annihilated a Persian army with odds of two-to-one in its favor. Explaining, perhaps for the first time in 1400 years, how it was done.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe then examines the military genius of Alexander the Great, aged twenty-one, in the first year of his kingship and the clash of military geniuses arising from Hannibal's attempt to crush the Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach story is unique, revealing skills and strategy as applicable today as they were then-in business and politics, as well as war. \u003c\/p\u003e These are the greatest military minds in history. And they have much to teach us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. W. Banks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1519107544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781519107541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.72d","brand":"M. W. Banks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800352600319,"sku":"9781519107541","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-few-who-can-do-m-w-banks-9781519107541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}