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A concise dictionary (revised edition) of the most important military leaders in history, featuring detailed capsule biographies of 200 individuals from antiquity to the modern age. Included are military leaders known for their sheer genius (Genghis Khan, Frederick the Great, Napoleon); strategic ability (Wellington, Lee, Rommel, Eisenhower); incompetence or villainy (Custer, Budenny, Benedict Arnold); and administrative or theoretical mastery (Clausewitz, Liddel-Hart). Still others are included for their innovativeness (T. E. Lawrence), notoriety (Jeanne d’Arc, El Cid) or because, as with certain medieval figures, their careers are a particularly apt reflection of their times. Written by two respected authorities in the field, it is both an ideal reference for military historians and a uniquely entertaining and browsable text for general readers.

Martin C. Windrow (born 1944) is a British historian, editor and author of several hundred books, articles and monographs, particularly those on organizational or physical details of military history, and the history of the post-war French Foreign Legion. His most notable works include “The Last Valley”, an account of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, which was published in 2004 to “critical acclaim”, and “Our Friends beneath the Sands” published in 2010.

MASON, Francis K(enneth). British, b. 1928. Genres: Air/Space topics, Genealogy/Heraldry, History, Recreation, Autobiography/Memoirs, Biography. Career: Aviation Consultant, Aston Publications Ltd., 1986-90; Archivist and researcher. Ed., Flying Review International, 1963-64; Managing Director, Profile Publs. Ltd., 1964-67; Managing Ed., Guinness Superlatives Ltd., Enfield, Middx., 1968-71; Managing Director, Alban Book Services, Watton, Norfolk, 1971-80. Publications: Hawker Aircraft since 1920, 1961, 3rd ed., 1989; Hawker Hurricane, 1962; Gloster Gladiator, 1963; (ed.) North American Sabre, 1963; The Hawker Hunter, 1965; The Hawker Sea Hawk, 1966; The Westland Lysander, 1966; The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel, 1967; The Hawker Hunter Two-Seater, 1967; The Hawker Tempest, 1967; British Fighters of the Second World War, 1968; Air Facts and Feats, 1969; Battle Over Britain, 1969, 14th ed., 1990; (ed.) British Gallantry Awards, 1970; Know Britain, 1972; Know Aviation, 1973; (ed.) Ribbons and Medals, 1974; A Dictionary of Military Biography, 1975; Harrier, 1981; Famous Pilots and Their Planes, 1981; Lockheed Hercules, 1984; Phantom, 1984; War in the Air, 1985; Tornado, 1986; (with M. Turner) Luftwaffe Aircraft, 1986; The Hawker Hurricane, 1987, 4th ed., 2001; The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest, 1988; The Avro Lancaster, 1989; The British Fighter since 1912; 1992; The British Bomber since 1914, 1994; Hawks Rising, 2001. Address: Beechwood, Watton, Norfolk, England.