Waldemar Heckel is Professor Emeritus of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary. His previous books include The Conquests of Alexander the Great, Who's Who in the Age of Alexander, and Alexander's Marshals.

• Preface


• List of Abbreviations


• Introduction


• I. In the face of Panhellenic War: Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean, 340-334


• II. The Long Road to Asia Minor: Resistance in Macedonia and Greece


• III. First Clash in Asia Minor


• IV. From the Aegean to Cappadocia


• V. Persian Counter Measures: The War in the Aegean


• VI. The Great King and his Armies


• VII. The Campaign in Cilicia


• VIII. The Levant and Egypt: Collaboration and Resistance


• IX. Darius' Last Stand and the Collapse of Persian Resistance


• X. The End of Darius III


• XI. War in Central Asia


• XII. Persianizing and the Internal Enemy


• XIII. From the Hindu Kush to the Indus


• XIV. From the Panjab to Pattala


• XV. Return to the West: Problems of Consolidation and the Revival of Old Grievances


• XVI. Epilogue


• Appendix: Sources for the History of Alexander


• Glossary


• Bibliography


• Index

In the Path of Conquest offers a fresh insight into the conquests of Alexander the Great by attempting to view the events of 336-323 BCE from the vantage point of the defeated.