ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S ART OF STRATEGY: The Timeless Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder
Partha Sarathi Bose, . . Gotham, $24 (288pp) ISBN 978-1-59240-006-5
Indian-born strategy adviser Bose sees Alexander the Great as a paragon of strategy and leadership for contemporary businesspersons. And apparently, he's not alone: Baz Luhrman, Norman Schwarzkopf, Oliver Stone and Ted Turner all agree the ruler was onto something. Bose here takes readers through the major events of Alexander's life, inserting observations and lessons relevant to business. The history sections—covering Alexander's birth and early education under Aristotle's tutelage to his death and the dissolution of his vast empire—are engaging, though far from comprehensive. While Bose doesn't purport to be a historian, he
Reviewed on: 02/03/2003
Genre: Nonfiction