"Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."- Saul Alinsky. Strategy Six Pack 4 presents another diverse collection of tactical texts distilled into one mega-manual for military scientists:
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal by G. A. Henty
The Reign of Tiberius by Tacitus
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada by Edward Shepherd Creasy
Remember the Alamo by Amelia E. Barr
The Battle of Waterloo by Edward Shepherd Creasy
The Theory of War by Julian Stafford Corbett
"Aut viam inveniam aut faciam. [I will either find a way, or make one]."-Hannibal.
About the Author: George Alfred Henty (1832 - 1902) was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century.
Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. AD 56 - after 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works-the Annals and the Histories-examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69).
Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812-1878) was an English historian and jurist. His best known contribution to literature is his Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851).
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831-1919) was a British novelist.
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett (1854 - 1922) was a prominent British naval historian and geo-strategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works helped shape the Royal Navy's reforms of that era.