alexander

164 INDEX
Alexander the Great (continued)
tactical military outposts of, 27–28
taming of horse as child, 95, 107
Thebes, suppression of revolt at,
19–21
Tyre, conquering of, 7–8, 49, 153
utter destruction as symbol, 113–
115, 141
vision of, 150–151
writing to change reality, 101–103,
108
alliance building, 2, 55–76, 151–153
by befriending defeated enemy’s
family, 61–63, 75
concluding thoughts on, 75–76
by deconstruction of opposition,
71–73, 75
by enlarging defeated enemy’s territory,
57–59, 75
importance of, 145–146
through multiracial infusion, 65–
69, 75
America Online (AOL), 68
Antipater, 49
Aornos, Rock of, 37–38
Apple Computer, 132–133
Aristotle, 79, 100, 152
Armstrong, Lance, 85
Arrian, 67, 90, 149
Athens
League of Corinth and, 19–20
shipment of Persian armor to, 128,
129
Babylon, 119, 135–136
Bactria, 42, 65–67
Barnes & Noble, 68
Barsine/Stateira, 61–62, 66
Ben and Jerry’s Homemade, 58, 136
Besius, 105
Bessus, 42–43
betrayal, 33–34
Blount, Winton, 34–35
bonuses, 31
Bucephala (horse), 95, 99
Buddha, 90–91
Carter, Jimmy, 142
celebrations, 135–136, 141
Chaeronea, battle of, 19
Cleitus, 83–84, 153
Cleopatra/Eurydice, 79–80
Coenus, 13
commitment, 61–63, 117–118, 141
Companions, 71, 90, 95, 152, 153
compensation, 25, 31
competition
foiling plans of, 43–44
succession and, 79–81
courage of convictions, 117–118, 141
cultural differences, 135–136
Cyrus the Great, 93
Darius III, 5, 23, 41–43, 61–62, 65–66,
71–72, 83, 93, 131–133
Alexander’s letter to, 101–103
death of, 105–106
death
of Alexander the Great, 89–91, 107,
109
anticipating, 89–91, 107
of Darius, 105–106
deception, 45–47, 53
deconstruction of cultures, 72–73, 75
Dharasana Salt Works, 140
Diodorus, 49
downsizing, 28–29, 66–67, 69
due diligence, 62
Duquesne University, 32
early retirement, 28–29, 66–67, 69
Eastman Kodak, 18