To search the library catalog for a military leader you want to research, select Subject from the drop-down menu first! Then, in the search box, type Generals and "United States" and Biography. You can also try: "Command of Troops"
Examples of military leaders throughout history found within the Reference sources above include: Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Hannibal, Charlemagne, Horatio Nelson (navy), William Tecumseh Sherman, Field Marshal Montgomery (UK), Erwin Rommel (Germany), Dwight Eisenhower, William Westmoreland, and Norman Schwarzkopf
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