Title: Instructive for Present Day Carthaginian/Republicans
Product review: According to Dodge, Carthage was a wealthy trading city-state that refused to tax itself. Sound familiar? Dodge shows how Hannibal proved that he was the best general in recorded history, and his assessment was made even after writing detailed texts on Alexander, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, and Napolean as well as the American Civil War generals he served under.Although the United States presently has the greatest military force and leadership the world has ever known, we are not entirely immune from the stinginess of Carthage. Carthage refused to help Hannibal in an ancient version of tax revolt, but Hannibal still gave Rome decisive defeat after defeat after defeat. He taught them, Dodge shows, what real generalship and strategies were, and helped them progress from mere bravura into the refined tactics and strategies that used their strength to advantage. ...
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