Great Captains Unveiled: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Great Captains Unveiled, credited to B. H. Liddell Hart, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Great Captains Unveiled by B. H. Liddell Hart. Read in English by Pamela Nagami. "Great Captains Unveiled" by the eminent military historian Sir Basil Liddell Hart comprises the biographies of six commanders who shaped the development of strategy and tactics. Of the 13th century Mongols, Genghis Khan and his successor-general, Sabutai, the author writes: "Quality rather than quantity was the secret of their amazingly rapid sequence of successes." Careful planning, promotion by merit, tactical precision in battle, good military intelligence, and a highly mobile cavalry were integral to the establishment of the world's largest empire. Liddell Hart then traces the careers of the "Mareschal de Saxe-Military Prophet, Gustavus Adophus-Founder of Modern War, Wallenstein--the Enigma of History, and General Wolfe-Grandsire of the United States." (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Great Captains Unveiled
• Author credits: B. H. Liddell Hart
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 7:00:49

Catalogue topics

• thirty years' war
• james wolfe
• gustavus adolphus
• seven years' war
• genghis khan
• war of the austrian succession
• maurice de saxe
• albrecht von wallenstein

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Ch. 1: Jenghis Khan and Sabutai, Pt. 1 — 15:05
2. 02 - Ch. 1: Jenghis Khan and Sabutai, Pt. 2 — 18:34
3. 03 - Ch. 1: Jenghis Khan and Sabutai, Pt. 3 — 14:28
4. 04 - Ch. 2: Marechal de Saxe--Military Prophet, Pt. 1 — 18:37
5. 05 - Ch. 2: Marechal de Saxe--Military Prophet, Pt. 2 — 23:03
6. 06 - Ch. 2: Marechal de Saxe--Military Prophet, Pt. 3 — 18:19
7. 07 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 1 — 15:29
8. 08 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 2 — 15:35
9. 09 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 3 — 18:14
10. 10 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 4 — 11:51
11. 11 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 5 — 15:08
12. 12 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 6 — 15:07
13. 13 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 7 — 15:57
14. 14 - Ch. 3: Gustavus Adolphus--Founder of Modern War, Pt. 8 — 13:50
15. 15 - Ch. 4: Wallenstein--The Enigma of History, Pt. 1 — 15:16
16. 16 - Ch. 4: Wallenstein--The Enigma of History, Pt. 2 — 16:42
17. 17 - Ch. 4: Wallenstein--The Enigma of History, Pt. 3 — 18:16
18. 18 - Ch. 4: Wallenstein--The Enigma of History, Pt. 4 — 14:47
19. 19 - Ch. 4: Wallenstein--The Enigma of History, Pt. 5 — 16:55
20. 20 - Ch. 5: General Wolfe--Grandsire of the United States. 1727-1927, Pt. 1 — 18:09
21. 21 - Ch. 5: General Wolfe--Grandsire of the United States. 1727-1927, Pt. 2 — 18:17
22. 22 - Ch. 5: General Wolfe--Grandsire of the United States. 1727-1927, Pt. 3 — 15:41
23. 23 - Ch. 5: General Wolfe--Grandsire of the United States. 1727-1927, Pt. 4 — 17:00
24. 24 - Ch. 5: General Wolfe--Grandsire of the United States. 1727-1927, Pt. 5 — 15:49

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