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INDEX
administrators, management of, 119–
120, 141
adversity, self-knowledge through,
83–85, 107
Afghanistan, 23–24, 42, 99–100
Alexander the Great
acceptance of fealty of sincere lieutenants,
105–106, 108
alcohol problem of, 83–84, 89, 94
Bucephala, horse of, 95, 99
clarity of vision, 99–100, 107
death of, 89–91, 107, 109
defeat of navy on land, 5–8
elimination of rivals, 79–80, 107
foraging the enemy, 41–43
Gaugamela, battle at, 71–72, 75,
105
Gedrosian Desert crossing, 99, 119,
137–138, 141
and the Gordian knot, 123–124,
141
Granicus, battle at, 6, 41–42, 71,
105, 127–128, 141
heroes of, 87–88, 107
homage to predecessors, 93–94,
107
human resource acumen of,
151–153
illness at Tarsus, 117–118, 141
impact of, 149–154
integration of work force, 99–100,
107
Issus, battle at, 6, 61–62, 71, 75,
101–102, 105, 131–132, 141
as king of the Persian Empire, 37–
38, 41, 65–67, 83–84, 97–100
leading from the front, 121–122,
127, 129, 141
local celebrations and, 135–136,
141
magnanimity of, 153–154
Mallians, battle with, 121–122, 141,
153
management of administrators,
119–120, 141
marriage to Barsine/Stateira, 61–62,
66
marriage to Roxane, 65–67, 75
mobility enforcement, 23–24, 53
mutiny avoidance by, 31–32, 33–34
Opis, ‘‘revolt’’ at, 66–67
planning for death, 89–91, 107
post-victory acts of, 127–128, 141
requirement of obeisance, 97–98,
107
return from exile, 79–80
return to Babylon, 119, 135–136,
137–138, 141
River Hydaspes, battle at, 11–17,
42, 45–47, 57–58, 75, 93, 99, 121
Rock of Aronos scaling, 37–38
self-knowledge in adversity, 83–84,
107
succession planning and, 49–50,
65–67, 79–80
163