This volume brings together two studies of famous military retreats: George Grote’s account of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand — the Greek mercenary army’s legendary march from Persia back to the sea in 401 BC — alongside an account of Napoleon’s catastrophic retreat from Moscow in 1812. The juxtaposition illuminates the common themes of military disaster, leadership under pressure, and human endurance across two millennia.
This free EPUB edition is formatted for modern e-readers. Grote’s scholarship on the classical world is authoritative, and the pairing makes for a compelling comparative study of two of history’s most dramatic military episodes.