Download or read book Military Mavericks written by David Rooney and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2000-09-07 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are the unforgettable leaders who inspired their troops, the tacticians who devised the wiliest strategies, the military mavericks who won the wars. Although more than 2000 years separate Alexander the Great from Giap, the single-minded commander of the North Vietnamese forces that defeated the U.S., each of these outstanding characters has something to teach us about military history. They include Shaka Zulu, Stonewall Jackson, Garibaldi, Lawrence of Arabia, and Patton--12 in all.