Secrets of history's greatest commanders

Iain MacGregor talks Spencer Mizen through history's greatest battles, and considers what qualities separate the very best commanders from the also-rans Which battlefield victory did Napoleon rank as his most brilliant? How didJulius Caesarsqueeze that extra one per cent commitment out of his soldiers? And what cunning ruse did George Washington implement to outfox the British atYorktown? In this episode, Iain MacGregor talks Spencer Mizen through history's greatest battles, and considers what qualities separate the very best commanders from the also-rans. Spencer is senior production editor of HistoryExtra magazine