{"id":88886,"date":"2025-04-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/?p=88886"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:44:06","slug":"anson-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/04\/anson-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Anson Edits Latest Book on Alexander the Great and Philip II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A UA Little Rock history professor and expert in the Hellenistic period has finished a new book featuring the history of Alexander the Great and his father Philip II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2025\/04\/edward-anson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ualr.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2025\/04\/edward-anson.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Anson\" class=\"wp-image-94631\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A longtime historian of Alexander the Great, Dr. Edward Anson, distinguished professor of history, added to that body of knowledge with the publication of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/71317\">Brill\u2019s Companion to the Campaigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great<\/a>.\u201d This is Anson\u2019s 12th book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book covers the strategy and tactics of Alexander the Great and Philip II, the logistics of military campaigns, military recruitment and training, the care of diseased and injured soldiers, military organization and equipment, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe book has 22 chapters written by various scholars about warfare in the time of Philip and Alexander, and it covers areas that have never been covered before,\u201d Anson said. \u201cWe have a chapter about the medical corps. There are some scholars that think you would have had a better chance to survive if you were a soldier wounded in Alexander\u2019s army compared to a soldier in the Civil War. There are chapters about war crimes and insurrections. It\u2019s a very unique and interesting book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anson, who served as the book\u2019s editor, also wrote two chapters in the book \u2013 \u201cModern Military Technology and Ancient Practices\u201d as well as \u201cWe are the Champions: The Underlying Reality of Ancient Greek Warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Anson\u2019s fellow Alexander the Great scholars have published a book in his honor. The book, \u201cMacedon and its Influences: Narrative of Politics and War in Honor of Edward M. Anson,\u201d was published in December by the University of Leiden, Peeters Publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anson said that the book was a complete surprise for him. 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