Invincibility, Challenges and Leadership

includes index and biblioraphy

Empires and Civilizations Ancient Mesopotamia Egypt Persia Greece Rome India China Middle Ages Mongolia Ottoman France Britain Modern Russia United States of America Observations, Comments and Lessons The Rise of Empires The Fall of Empires World Wars and Major Wars World Wars First World War 1914-1918 Second World War 1939-1945 Observations, Comments and Lessons Major Wars after Second World War Korean War 1950-53 Indo-Pak War 1971 Arab-Israeli War 1973 The Communist Offensive in Vietnam 1975 Gulf War 1990-91 Greatest of the Great Leaders Great Political and Military Leaders George Washington 1732-1799 Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Lenin 1870-1924 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882-1945 Winston Churchill 1874-1965 Joseph Stalin 1878-1953 Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) 1893-1976 Ho ChiMinh 1890-1969 Indira Gandhi 1917-1984 Martin Luther King Jr 1929-1968 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1918- Military Leaders Napoleon 1769-1821 General Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 General Dwight D Eisenhower 1890-1969 Marshal Georgi Zhukov 1896-1974 Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery 1887-1976 Field Marshal S H F J Manekshaw 1914-2008 General Vo Ngoyen Giap 1911- Role of Leadership Vital Role of Leadership Characteristics Future Challenges Major Options and Preparedness