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Major General Henry W. Lawton was second in command of the U.S. Army forces in the Philippines when killed in action in 1899. He was a veteran of close to 40 years in the Army, a holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor and a favorite of Teddy Roosevelt. As Captain of B Troop, 4th Cavalry in 1886, he was chosen as the man to lead an expedition into Mexico to pursue and capture or kill Geronimo. Lawton had an illustrious career and was considered an American hero.
The Athenian general Demosthenes, who fought in the Peleponnesian war, used surprise in all his military operations. Chiefly because of this reason he has sometimes been labeled as an original thinker, if not a misunderstood genius. This study asks whether Demosthenes deserved the accolades that have charaterized much of the modern studies of the general and his age. The investigation identifies what factors were responsible for Demosthenes' successes and failures, and draws attention to the hitherto unnoticed contributors to the general's victories. The study points to Demosthenes' inclination to take great risks, his uncompromising belief in the effectiveness of surprise in war, and his readiness to ignore objective difficulties in pursuing his goals. In addition, Demosthenes' campaigns indicate a narrow perception of military problems, a tendency to give up rather easily when things were not going according to plan and an inability to lead an orderly retreat.
"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.
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