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Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past

Paul Cartledge

Dewey Subject Codes: Biography History 900

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356-323 B.C, Alexander,, Ancient - Greece, Ancient World History, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Biography / Autobiography, Biography/Autobiography, Generals, Greece, Historical - General, History.

Earlier this year no less of an institution than the American Management Association published a book The Wisdom of Alexander The Great: Enduring Leadership Lessons from the Man Who Created an Empire. In that book, the ways Alexander ruled his kingdom 2,500 years ago are analyzed, presumably to give pointers to those would manage an enterprise today.

In spite of the awe in which Alexander has been held, there hasn't been a major new biography in quite a while. This new book by Paul Cartledge fills this niche perfectly. It might be argued that a biography of one who lived 2,500 years ago isn't likely to make new discoveries. And yes, the main points of the story, his father Philip, his battles, his death are the same. But the view we have of such a person changes. We view things from a more psychological standpoint. What were the passions that drove him to conquer the world? What was his personality, his goals? How was he a product of his times? How did his existance effect our world? The sub-title of the book, The Hunt for a New Past implies a distinctive interpretative approach, and that the book provides. Highly recommended.

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