Scipio Africanus (236183 b.c.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory.As B.H. Liddell Hart writes,"Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses--many still feasible today--than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait.

Includes maps of:Battle of Baecula; Battle of Ilipa (Scipio's Maneuvre); Spain (At Time of 2nd Punic War); Utica: To Illustrate- (a) Scipio's Ambush of Hanno-(b) Scipio's Surprise Attack on the Camps of Hasdrubal and Syphax; Africa (The Territory of Carthage); Battle of Zama; Mediterranean World "This Da Capo Press paperback edition of Scipio Africanus is an unabridged republication of the edition first published as A Greater Than Napolean: Scipio Africanus in London in 1926."--T.p. verso.

Preaface--Introduction--Half Light--Dawn--The Storm of Cartagena--THe Battle of Baecula--The Battle of Ilipa--The Subjugation of Spain--The True Objective--A Poloitical Hitch--Africa--A Violated Peace--Zama--Siesta--The Last Lap--Dusk--Rome's Zenith