- Preface to the English-Language Edition
- Introduction: Fragments of European History
- I. A Critical History
- 1. History, Morals, and Philosophy
- 2. Alexander in Europe: Erudition and History
- II. The Conqueror-Philosopher
- 3. War, Reason, and Civilization
- 4. A Successful Conquest
- 5. Affirming and Contesting the Model
- III. Empires and Nations
- 6. Lessons of Empire, from the Thames to the Indus
- 7. Alexander in France from the Revolution to the Restoration
- 8. German Alexanders
- IV. The Sense of History
- 9. After Alexander?
- 10. Alexander, Europe, and the Immobile Orient
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index


The First European
A History of Alexander in the Age of Empire
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Publication Date: 01/02/2017